The dynasty : the Nehru-Gandhi story
Material type: TextPublication details: London Penguin Books 1995Description: 390 pISBN: 9780140263961DDC classification: 954.05 Summary: The largest democracy in the world has for almost all of its existence been ruled by the members of a single family. Five generations have been involved in the emergence of independent India. Without the automatic status of supreme monarchs they have nevertheless been the first family, as much now as 50 years ago. This is the story of the Nehru dynasty. It is one of long years of imprisonment, suffering and assassination, of family feuds, of the bonds which tied one generation to another, and of glittering power politics played out on the world stage.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | 954.05 ADA/D (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 53202 |
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954.045092 GYA/E Emergency chronicles : Indira Gandhi and democracy's turning point | 954.045092 IND/I Indira Gandhi | 954.04509232 NAY/I Indira Gandhi tryst with power | 954.05 ADA/D The dynasty : the Nehru-Gandhi story | 954.05 AMA/C The country of first boys and other essays | 954.05 ARU/M The Morarji papers : fall of the Janata government | 954.05 ASH/H The hoodlum years |
The largest democracy in the world has for almost all of its existence been ruled by the members of a single family. Five generations have been involved in the emergence of independent India. Without the automatic status of supreme monarchs they have nevertheless been the first family, as much now as 50 years ago. This is the story of the Nehru dynasty. It is one of long years of imprisonment, suffering and assassination, of family feuds, of the bonds which tied one generation to another, and of glittering power politics played out on the world stage.
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