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Jawaharlal Nehru, India`s first Prime Minister, was the ideological and political heir of Gandhi. Building on the Mahatma`s foundations, as leader both of the Congress and of independent India from 1947, Nehru shaped the new state: his story is India`s story. Born in Allahabad on 14 November 1889, Nehru was a Kashmiri Brahmin, a member of India`s most aristocratic caste.
`Akbar is a graceful and sensitive writer who manages to combine scholarship, insight and analysis with a journalist`s instinct for the vivid and revealing detail.`
- Marguerite Johnson in Time
M. J. Akbar examines with great perception the social and cultural milieu in which Akbar grew up, giving a fascinating picture of the man behind the public figure. Drawing on a wealth of material released from British government records and on Nehru`s own papers, Akbar also looks at Nehru`s life against the background of volatile political forces that have dominated twentieth-century India, providing a unique insight into the years of struggle, loss and, ultimately, achievement.
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Pages : 624
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