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Discovery of India Paperback – 1 February 2008
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Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the book The Discovery of India, during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar fort for participating in the Quit India Movement (1942 1946). The book was written during Nehrus four years of confinement to solitude in prison and is his way of paying an homage to his beloved country and its rich culture.
The book started from ancient history, Nehru wrote at length of Vedas, Upanishads and textbooks on ancient time and ends during the British raj. The book is a broad view of Indian history, culture and philosophy, the same can also be seen in the television series. The book is considered as one of the finest writing om Indian History. The television series Bharat Ek Khoj which was released in 1988 was based on this book.
About the author:Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. He was a freedom fighter and a central figure before and after independence. He was against the caste discrimination and establishes secular India. Apart of this, very few of us knew that Jawaharlal Nehru was a prolific writer as well.
He had written various books such as The Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History and his autobiography, Toward Freedom. Besides, Nehru was honoured with Bharat Ratna Award in the year 1955.
- Print length656 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPenguin India
- Publication date1 February 2008
- Dimensions22.9 x 15.2 x 3.97 cm
- ISBN-100143031031
- ISBN-13978-0143031031
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- Publisher : Penguin India; New edition (1 February 2008); Penguin India
- Language : English
- Paperback : 656 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0143031031
- ISBN-13 : 978-0143031031
- Item Weight : 620 g
- Dimensions : 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.97 cm
- Country of Origin : India
- Generic Name : Books
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #16 in Asian History (Books)
- #17 in Indian History (Books)
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for Indians today, the young ones, knowing what our first PM did, his life experiences and his role in the freedom struggle is essential. few Indian politicians will ever write like Pandit ji.
I can say Nehru was a genius and there is no doubt about it once one reads this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It's a huge book around 700 pages.
This book will definitely shape the way we think about India and also life as such, since there is also lot of philosophy inthis book. This book would move you emotionally. In the era where people blindly ape the west, this book tries to take us to our roots just what the title of the book says. It shows us how advanced a civilization indians were, when compared to the Greeks or Romans. What were the contributions of India to the world. It also tells us where and how we failed in the modern times and tries to explain what we need to do to reclaim that glory. This book touches everything from the harrappa mohenjodaro times to the time just before we got independence. This book combines history, philosophy and a little bit of biography as well. This book also discusses the problems faced by India, including that of partition and also the world issues. It discusses the possible solutions to it.
The epilogue is so poetic, emotional and beautiful, that it almost made me cry and I didn't want the book to end.
This book deserves to be read more than once and should be read by every Indian. I would definitely do that.
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