Indira Gandhi, the 'Emergency', and Indian Democracy

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ISBN:

9780195656459

Publication date:

25/09/2001

Paperback

440 pages

216x140mm

Price: 695.00 INR

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ISBN:

9780195656459

Publication date:

25/09/2001

Paperback

440 pages

Dhar

Rights:  World Rights

Dhar

Description

As head of the Prime Minister's secretariat under Indira Gandhi, P.N. Dhar witnessed and participated in some of the major decisions made by Mr Gandhi, most notably the controversial 'Emergency', the merger of Sikkim with India, the Bangladesh war of 1971, and the Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan. This book is an insider's account of those years and contains a brilliant analysis of the changing contours of Indian democracy.


About the author

Professor Dhar, Emeritus Professor, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, India

Description

As head of the Prime Minister's secretariat under Indira Gandhi, P.N. Dhar witnessed and participated in some of the major decisions made by Mr Gandhi, most notably the controversial 'Emergency', the merger of Sikkim with India, the Bangladesh war of 1971, and the Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan. This book is an insider's account of those years and contains a brilliant analysis of the changing contours of Indian democracy.


About the author

Professor Dhar, Emeritus Professor, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, India