In the Name of Democracy - Softcover

Chandra, Bipan

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143435809 ISBN 13: 9780143435808

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA PVT.LTD., 2003

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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.

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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

About the Author:

Bipan Chandra (1928 2014) was born in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. He was educated at Forman Christian College, Lahore and at Stanford University, California. He was professor of modern history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, member of the University Grants Commission and chairman of the National Book Trust. He was a prolific writer, who founded the journal Enquiry and wrote several books on nationalism, colonialism and communalism in modern India.

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