<p>Mother India is the fascinating story of independent India's most complex GUPTE political figure: Indira Gandhi, the enigmatic and solitary daughter of the country's first prime minister, who rose to become prime minister herself.
Indira Gandhi: A Biography
β Scribed by Pupul Jayakar
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 539
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
By the time of her brutal assassination in 1984, Indira Gandhi had established herself as the most significant political leader India had seen since the death of her father. In this book Pupul Jayakar uncovers the many personalities that lay hidden within Mrs Gandhi.
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