Jawaharlal Nehru

In conjunction with the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in New Delhi, Oxford proudly announces the reissue of Glimpses of World History and The Discovery of India, two famous works by Jawaharlal Nehru. One of modern day's most articulate statesmen, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a on a wide variety of subjects. Describing himself as "a dabbler in many things," he committed his life not only to politics but also to nature and wild life, drama, poetry, history, and science, as well as many other fields. These two volumes help to illuminate the depth of his interests and knowledge and the skill and elegance with which he treated the written word!!

A priceless collection of letters from one legendary leader to anotherWhen Indira Gandhi was a little girl of ten, she spent the summer in Mussoorie, while her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was in Allahabad. Over the summer, Nehru wrote her a series of letters in which he told her the story of how and when the earth was made, how human and animal life began, and how civilizations and societiesevolved all over the world.Written in 1928, these letters remain fresh and vibrant, and capture Nehru's love for people and for nature, whose story was for him 'more interesting than any other story or novel that you may have read'.

On New Year's Day, 1931, Jawaharlal Nehru began a remarkable series of letters on the history of the world to his daughter, Indira, then, thirteen years old. Over the next thirty months, Nehru wrote nearly two hundred letters in this series, which were later published as Glimpses of World History.With its panoramic sweep and its gripping narrative flow, all the more remarkable for being written in prison where Nehru had no recourse to reference books or a library, Glimpses of World History covers the rise and fall of empires and civilizations from Greece and Rome to China and West Asia; great figures such as Ashoka and Genghis Khan, Gandhi and Lenin; wars and revolutions, democracies and dictatorships.Glimpses of World History is a broad coverage of the history of humankind through Nehru's eyes.

In October 1947, two months after he became independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the first of his fortnightly letters to the heads of the country’s provincial governments-a tradition that he kept until his last letter in December 1963, only a few months before his death. Carefully selected from among nearly 400 such letters, this collection covers a range of themes and subjects, including citizenship, war and peace, law and order, national planning and development, governance and corruption, and India’s place in the world. The letters also cover momentous world events and the many crises and conflicts the country faced during the first sixteen years after Independence. Visionary, wise and reflective, these letters are not just a testimony to Nehru’s statesmanship and his deep engagement with every aspect of India’s democratic journey, but are also of great contemporary relevance for the guidance they provide for our current problems and predicaments.

The letters in this volume, written by some of the leading figures of our times, cover the three eventful decades leading up to India's Independence in 1947. Evocative of the spirit of those stirring times, many of the letters are from those most closely involved in the freedom struggle—among them, Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu, Maulana Azad, Vallabhbhai Patel and Jayaprakash Narayan. Of particular interest is the long correspondence between Subhas Chandra Bose and Nehru, which covers the crisis during the Tripuri Congress in 1939, and reflects the two leaders—sharply differing views on the mobilization of national resistance to British rule. Equally fascinating are the letters from Mahatma Gandhi, which reveal his acute political instincts as well as his deep humanity and his genuine respect for dissent. The letters also bear testimony to Jawaharlal Nehru's extraordinary gift for friendship, and the respect and admiration he evoked, both personally and for the cause of Indian independence, from world figures as diverse as George Bernard Shaw, Romain Rolland, Clare Boothe Luce, Edward Thompson, Chiang Kai-shek and Bertrand Russell, among others. A Bunch of Old Letters is essential reading for an understanding of the history of national movement.

This anthology of Nehru's writings, edited by S. Gopal, is a comprehensive and first rate selection. It has been compiled mainly from his speeches and writings. The compilation indicates the evolution of his mind and personality and gives some idea of his enormous range of interests.

This is a book written for young people by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in prison, in 1934-35. It was published in 1946. Nehru died in 1964, in his term as Prime Minister of India.

Glimpses of World History-2, Jawaharlal Nehru Glimpses of World History, a book published by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1942, is a panoramic sweep of the history of humankind. It is a collection of 196 letters on world history written from various prisons in British India between 1930–1933. The letters were written to his young daughter Indira, and were meant to introduce her to world history.عنوان: نگاهی به تاریخ جهان - جلد دوم؛ نویسنده: جواهر لعل نهرو؛ مترجم: محمود تفضلی؛ تهران، امیرکبیر، چاپ نخست 1338؛ در 648 ص؛ چاپ دوم فروردین 1343؛ چاپ سوم 1346؛ چاپ ششم 1355؛ چاپ هفتم 1361؛ چاپ هشتم 1366؛ چاپ یازدهم 1382، چاپ دوازدهم 1383، چاپ سیزدهم 1386؛ چاپ چهاردهم 1387، چاپ پانزدهم 1388؛ چاپ بیستم 1394 در 1904 ص؛ شابک جلد یک: 9789640003626؛ موضوع: تاریخ تمدن - نگاهی به تاریخ جهان جلد یک - سده 20 م

نگاهی به تاریخ جهان - جلد یک؛ نویسنده: جواهر لعل نهرو؛ مترجم: محمود تفضلی؛ تهران، امیرکبیر، چاپ نخست ۱۳۳۸؛ در 662 ص؛ چاپ دوم فروردین 1343؛ چاپ سوم 1346؛ چاپ ششم 1355؛ چاپ هفتم 1361؛ چاپ هشتم 1366؛ چاپ یازدهم 1382، چاپ دوازدهم 1383، چاپ سیزدهم 1386؛ چاپ چهاردهم 1387، چاپ پانزدهم 1388؛ چاپ بیستم 1394 در 1904 ص؛ شابک جلد یک: 9789640003619؛ موضوع: تاریخ تمدن - نگاهی به تاریخ جهان جلد یک - سده 20 م

Features correspondence between Nehru and his sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and includes various letters and family photographs. This book offers insights into Nehru's personal thoughts and life.

This is a book written for young people by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in prison, in 1934-35. It was published in 1946. Nehru died in 1964, in his term as Prime Minister of India.

Written in the critical months following the partition of India in 1947, Nehru's fortnightly letters through December of 1949 throw new light on the way he faced the deepening crises of the period: the massacres, migrations, fragmentation of states, and the conflagrations in Junagadh, Kashmir, and Hyderabad.

A remarkable photographic album which brings out Nehru's many-faceted personality and his role in the freedom movement, his leadership in India's advance towards economic independence and national self-reliance, and his contribution towards peace, friendship, and co-operation among the nations of the world.

The period covered by this volume is mid-1951, when the first Indian General Election took place. In addition, this volume shows Nehru's thoughts on negotiations with Pakistan over Kashmir.

6 3/8"x9 1/2" 403 page brown cloth hardcover book on Indian speeches. Publisher-The John Day Company in 1950

This volume of the Selected Works covers the period between 1 September and 17 November 1955. Part of a prestigious series that is cited as an indispensable reference for research into modern India, this volume deals with a relatively tranquil period in the history of a newly independent nation.

Condensed by Saul K. Padover from "Glimpses of World History" by Jawaharlal Nehru

This volume covers the interim between July and October of 1952. Among other topics, readers will find herein Nehru's thoughts on the Kashmir question and his musings on the possibility of world peace in light of a deteriorating situation in the Far East. A draft of the First Five Year Plan is also present.

Written by Nehru's official biographer, this volume of speeches, writings, letters and memoranda covers the eventful months from August 15, 1947, when India became a free country and Nehru was sworn in as the Prime Minister, to December 31, 1947, when India took the issue of Pakistan's aggression in Kashmir to the United Nations. During this period, Nehru laid down a secular path hoping to strengthen the country's unity, expedited the drafting of a new constitution, visualized social change through planned development, and projected a picture of what India might one day achieve and become.

This Book Is Written By Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru This Book Also Published In English by the name id "Discovery of India" , in Hindi "Hindustan Ki Kahni"

A book of quotes

In this volume, which covers the period from 21 June to 31 August 1956, Jawaharlal Nehru devotes a great deal of attention to the crisis over the nationalization of the Suez Canal and to other national and internatiional issues.

This volume of the Selected Works of the first Prime Minister of India covers the period from October 1, 1954 to January 31, 1955. It describes various facets of nation-building activities, international relations, and administrative policies of the Nehruvian period.

On 2 September 1946, the Congress formed the Interim Government and Nehru was sworn in as Member in charge of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations. This first volume covers the months from September 1946 to January 1947, which formed a period of intricate constitutional debate, intensified political activity, and mounting communal tension.

Indira Gandhi described Jawaharlal Nehru as a "generous and gracious human being who summed up in himself the resurgence of the Third World as well as the humanism which transcends dogmas." Collected in this volume are Nehru's speeches, writings, letters, and memoranda written in the eventful weeks between June 2 and August 15 of 1947, just before India became a free country and Nehru was sworn in as the Prime Minister. Edited by Nehru's official biographer, this is the third volume in a projected 15 volume series.

In 1949, Karan Singh had just turned eighteen when he was appointed regent to Jammu and Kashmir, two years after his father Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession merging the then independent state with India. For the next eighteen years Dr Singh remained at the helm of affairs, successively as Sardar-i-Riyasat and governor of the state. As Dr Singh's political mentor, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was a source of great strength for a young man who had shouldered large responsibilities. Jammu and Kashmir 1949-1964 is a selection of 216 letters from the correspondence between Dr Singh and Pandit Nehru over a period of fifteen years. The teething problems of a fledgling country and a newly grafted state, the emerging conflicts between Pakistan and India, the Chinese aggression of 1962??"these letters offer an unmatched ringside view of momentous events in Kashmir and the rest of India that unfolded after Independence, events that continue to resonate to this day. Apart from insights into the political situation of the period, they also provide unexpected glimpses into the personal lives and thoughts of Pandit Nehru and Dr Singh and reflect the deep regard and affection that the two shared. Reproduced at the end of this book and published in its entirety for the first time is the memorandum submitted by Maharaja Hari Singh to President Rajendra Prasad in August 1952, which adds an invaluable perspective on the way the identity and future of Kashmir was shaped. The biographical and explanatory footnotes that Dr Jawaid Alam has provided impose a narrative on a collection of letters and enrich the text, making it accessible to scholars and curious readers alike.