Born against a background of privation and civil war divided along lines of caste class language and religion independent india emerged somehow as a united and democratic country.

India after gandhi ramachandra guha background. Ramachandra guha s hugely acclaimed book tells the full story the pain and the struggle the humiliations and the glories of the world s largest and least likely democracy. The history of the world s largest democracy is a book by indian historian ramchandra guha published by harpercollins in august 2007. Guha writes compellingly of the myriad protests and conflicts that have peppered the history of free india. Pan macmillan feb 10 2011 history 300 pages.

This was vaguely defined with no timetable set for its realization. Born against a background of privation and civil war divided along lines of caste class language and religion independent india emerged somehow as a united and democratic country. The history of the world s largest democracy is a non fiction book by indian historian ramchandra guha born 1958 first published by harpercollins in august 2007. This remarkable book tells the full story the pain and the struggle the humiliations and the glories of the world s largest.

Born against a background of privation and civil war divided along lines of caste class language and religion independent india emerged somehow as a united and democratic country. Half a century later when guha was appointed to the panel of the board of control for cricket in india bcci the country had turned into a cricket superpower. After gandhi s salt satyagrafra of 1930 in protest against taxes on salt the british government began speaking with indian nationalists about the possibility of granting the colony dominion status. The book covers the history of the india after it gained independence from the british in 1947.

A regular contributor to various academic journals guha has also written for the caravan and outlook magazines. 1 2 a history of the indian nation after it gained independence from the british empire on 15 august 1947 india after gandhi was chosen book of the year by the economist the wall street journal and outlook among others. He is also a columnist for the telegraph hindustan times and hindi daily newspaper amar ujala. In the 1960s when historian and author ramachandra guha was first introduced to the world of cricket as a four year old india was yet to even win a single test match overseas.

Ramachandra guha is an indian writer whose research interests include environmental social economics political contemporary and cricket history.

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