Srinath Raghavan Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van het boek. Op 10 juni 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press het boek van de Indiase professor Srinath Raghavan over de rol van Indira Ghandi in de politiek van India. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave.
Srinath Raghavan Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India review en recensie
- “By far the single most sophisticated treatment of Indira Gandhi’s political life, and the economic, political, strategic and legal context that shaped her political choices. With lightly carried erudition, Raghavan gives an analytically sharp history of a decisive period in the making of modern India.” Pratap Bhanu Mehta, author of The Burden of Democracy)
- “A riveting, indispensable history of Indira Gandhi’s extraordinary political career by India’s finest political historian. Raghavan masterfully weaves the intricate drama of high party politics—psychological dynamics and key personalities—around a cohesive understanding of the larger social and economic forces that wrought Indian democracy as we know it today.” (Karuna Mantena, author of Alibis of Empire)
Indira Ghandi
and the Years that Transformed India
- Auteur: Srinath Raghavan (India)
- Soort boek: Indiase geschiedenis
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Yale University Press
- Verschijnt: 10 juni 2025
- Omvang: 384 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $ 38,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek over Indira Ghandi
The gripping story of Indira Gandhi’s premiership—and the profound influence she had on India.
Indira Gandhi’s ascent as prime minister of India in 1966 was entirely unforeseen. But she soon emerged as one of the most powerful political leaders of her times, who transformed the world’s largest democracy. She served as prime minister for a remarkable fifteen years, leaving behind a complex and deeply controversial legacy.
In this fascinating account, Srinath Raghavan tells the story of Indira Gandhi’s political career and the momentous changes that India experienced under her leadership. From her tentative start in high office to her remarkable electoral victories, the dark days of the Emergency of 1975–77, and her assassination at the hands of her bodyguards in 1984, Raghavan sheds new light on her politics and government, as well as on her adversaries and critics. He shows how the 1970s were the hinge on which the history of the country turned—and how Indira Gandhi transformed the new postcolonial nation into the India of today.
Srinath Raghavan is professor of international relations and history at Ashoka University, New Delhi. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including India’s War: The Making of Modern South Asia and Fierce Enigmas: A History of the United States in South Asia.
