The first major biography of Indira Gandhi covers the breadth and scope of 20th-century India and the woman who left her indelible mark on that troubled country. Both widely supported and bitterly opposed, she was eventually removed from office, only to make a stunning comeback. Mother India is t
Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi
β Scribed by Pranay Gupte
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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.
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