Mahatma Gandhi
A Biography: Complete and Unabridged
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ISBN:
9780195638554
Publication date:
28/11/2001
Paperback
542 pages
Price: 645.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780195638554
Publication date:
28/11/2001
Paperback
542 pages
B. R. Nanda
Rights: World Rights
B. R. Nanda
Description
Few men in their lifetime have aroused stronger emotions or touched deeper chords than Mahatma Gandhi. Widely acclaimed upon its publication in 1958, B.R. Nanda’s biography has established itself over time as one of the fullest and most authoritative accounts of Gandhi’s life. Carefully researched and objective in approach, this complete and unabridged version presents a compelling life story, the events of which have lost none of their relevance with the passage of time.
Capturing all the nuances of the Mahatma’s life and recording and analysing a critical period in South Asian history, this biography is essential reading for students and teachers of Indian history, politics, and sociology. It will also appeal to all those interested in learning more about the man and his times.
About the Author
B.R. Nanda (1917–2010) had written a number of well-known books on Gandhi and Nehru, as well as a biography of Gokhale. He served as the Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, India.
B. R. Nanda
B. R. Nanda
Review
‘... Well-arranged and informed by a sense of proportion and relative value. It rescues Gandhi both from the sentimentalists and from the debunkers.’—The Times
‘... Complete and readable. Mr B.R. Nanda makes the Father of lndian Independence a personality from the opening paragraphs.’—New York Times
Description
Few men in their lifetime have aroused stronger emotions or touched deeper chords than Mahatma Gandhi. Widely acclaimed upon its publication in 1958, B.R. Nanda’s biography has established itself over time as one of the fullest and most authoritative accounts of Gandhi’s life. Carefully researched and objective in approach, this complete and unabridged version presents a compelling life story, the events of which have lost none of their relevance with the passage of time.
Capturing all the nuances of the Mahatma’s life and recording and analysing a critical period in South Asian history, this biography is essential reading for students and teachers of Indian history, politics, and sociology. It will also appeal to all those interested in learning more about the man and his times.
About the Author
B.R. Nanda (1917–2010) had written a number of well-known books on Gandhi and Nehru, as well as a biography of Gokhale. He served as the Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, India.
Reviews
‘... Well-arranged and informed by a sense of proportion and relative value. It rescues Gandhi both from the sentimentalists and from the debunkers.’—The Times
‘... Complete and readable. Mr B.R. Nanda makes the Father of lndian Independence a personality from the opening paragraphs.’—New York Times
