When the stone walls cry : the Nehrus in prison / Mushirul Hasan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasan, Mushirul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nehru, Motilal, 1861-1931.

Nehru, Motilal.

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.

Nehru, Jawaharlal.

Political prisoners--India.

Political prisoners.

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

India.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 201 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, lndia : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Between December 1921 and January 1922, an estimated 30,000 were Imprisoned for non-cooperation. Those were brave days, the memory of which endured and became a cherished possession for all the political actors. They did not fear death. Of the many messages Jawaharlal Nehru sent from prison to Congress workers, the one sent to fellow citizens on 8 December 1921 stated: 'Friends, I go to jail with the greatest pleasure, and with the fullest conviction that therein lies the achievement of our goal.' Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Dynasty, Biography, and History 23

3 'Who Rides a Tiger Cannot Dismount' 49

4 Destiny as It Was: The Story of an Enlightened Family 67

5 And Never the Twain Shall Meet' 85

6 'Being Guarded Like a Jewel in a Casket' 95

7 Prison and Family 110

8 Friends in Chains 135

9 Writing History in a Cell 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199466894

0199466890

OCLC:

947145373

Publisher Number:

99970125062