In the year of the fiftieth death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, this timely book has ventured to review Nehru's contribution in shaping trajectories of political developments in pre and post-independent India. In the process, it covers a wide canvas of ideas, ideologies, personalities and events that were most significant in Nehru's political career as a freedom fighter (1920-1947) and the first Prime Minister of India (1947-1964). In his relentlessly ...
