Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography (Set of 3 Volumes)  (English, Hardcover, SARVEPALLI GOPAL)

The Box Set Contains The Following 3 Titles:

1.) Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography (Volume - 1)
2.) Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography (Volume – 2)
3.) Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography (Volume – 3)

Among the few great statesmen to emerge in Aisa, Jawaharlal Nehru played a decisive role in the history of the twentieth century by putting Indian on the world map as a force to be reckoned with. Authored by one of the leading historians of India, these three volumes provide an authoritative first-hand account of Jawaharlal Nehru and his times. Chronologically arranged, the first of the three volumes discusses Nehru’s early life and ends in 1947. The second focuses on the first nine years of his Prime Ministership, and the third examines the last eight years of his life, Shifting effortlessly between the public and private spheres of Nehru the individual, the politician, and the family man, these volumes are as much a social and political history of their times as they are a biography.

This first volume traces Nehru’s formative years, youth, entry in politics, role in the Independence struggle, and his emergence as a leader of the Congress. It also highlights the role of Kamala Nehru in his life and events surrounding the transfer of power.

Drawing information from rare private papers, this intimate and sensitive portrait of Nehru will be indispensable for scholars, researchers, and students of modern Indian history, and politics, as well as the general reader.

About the Author
Sarvepalli Gopal (1923 – 2002), Padma Vibhushan, was Director of the Historical Division of the Ministry of External Affairs in India from 1954 to 1966. He was also Professor of Contemporary History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford; and Chairman of the National Book Trust of India.

Table of Contents
1.) Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography (Volume - 1)

Abbreviations
List of Illustrations and Maps
Prologue
1. Unformative Years
2. Marking Time
3. Immersion in Politics
4. Among the Peasants
5. The Moderate Disciple of Gandhi
6. In Nabha Jail
7. Escape into Administration
8. Europe 1926-1927
9. The Campaingn for Independence
10. Action - and Anti-Climax
11. Agrarian Crisis in the United Provinces
12. In and Out of Prison
13. Death of Kamala Nehru
14. Leading the Party
15. Out of Tune with the Congress
16. The War Crisis
17. The Cripps Mission
18. Collision Course
19. Post-War Prelude
20. The Cabinet Mission
21. The Interim Government
22. The Transfer of Power
Biographical Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

2.) Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography (Volume - 2)

Preface
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations and Maps

1. Sad Morning
2. Kashmir and Hyderabad
3. The Shaping of Foreign Policy
4. Domestic Pressures
5. Korea and Tibet
6. Kashmir 1951-1953
7. The Korean Settlement
8. The Road to Elections
9. The Zenith of World Influence 1953-1954
10. The Fine Art of Government
11. ‘The Light of Asia’
12. The Problem of Linguistic Provinces
13. Suez
14. Hungary
15. Mid-Term Assessment

Biographical Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

3.) Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography (Volume - 3)

Preface
Abbreviations
Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments

1. The Domestic Scene
2. The World Outside
3. Kerala 1957-1959
4. Tiber, China and Pakistan 1957-1959
5. Towards Cooperative Farming
6. The Growing Rift with China 1960
7. Crusade in the Congo
8. Strengthening National Feeling
9. Round the World – to Goa
10. China Goes to War
11. Light and Shadows
12. Full Stop

Appendix: The Northern Boundary of India
Biographical Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index