In the Name of Democracy: JP Movement and the Emergency - Softcover

Bipan Chandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143029673 ISBN 13: 9780143029670

Publisher: Penguin Books India, 2003

Synopsis

The Emergency of 1975-77 was a dark chapter of India's democracy. Leading up to it was the JP movement, named after its leader Jayaprakash Narayan, which paralysed much of northern India and directly challenged Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at the centre.

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Review:

Books highlight the fight of a great leader who skiped PM post on several instances yet made its life's mission to challange an empire run by Indra Gandhi and her chamchas. Highlights the era which by and large affected future politics of India. --By Nishant Bangar on 26 February 2017

Synopsis:

Though a few books exist on the emergency per se, this is the first attempt to critically analyse it in tandem with thw JP movement. Mapping the course of events in these years 1973-1977, Bipan Chandra finds that while both Jayaprakash Narayan and Indira Gandhi ostensibly sought to protect democracy, the manner in which their political efforts were played out went against the grain of it, adversely influencing and posing a dilemme for post 19977 politics in India.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books India
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0143029673
• ISBN 13: 9780143029670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384