Civil servants in India usually do not either maintain a diary or write their memoirs. This is proving to be a major void in the source material that historians would like to access. To some extent this diary fills that gap. It covers the period from November 1974 to August 15, 1975. The author was in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat (PMS) as it was known then, as a Joint Secretary dealing mainly with political affairs. His entries, which were made almost on a ...
Civil servants in India usually do not either maintain a diary or write their memoirs. This is proving to be a major void in the source materials that historians would like to access. To some extent this Diary (In 2 Volumes) fills that gap. This second volume covers the period from August 16, 1975 to July 24, 1976). The author was in the Prime Minister's Secretariat (PMS) as it was known then, as a Joint Secretary for seven years dealing mainly with political ...