India in the interim : the 1947-1951 Nehru government / Rakesh Ankit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ankit, Rakesh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interim governments--India--History--20th century.

Interim governments.

India--Politics and government--1947-.

India.

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.

Nehru, Jawaharlal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This book shows a slice of the governmental interregnum from August 1947 to the start of the first general election in October 1951, and is a narrative of some of its intermediate moments in light of contemporary politics. It is a multi-track chronicle, which draws attention to its discrete, if not determining, impact on the following decade of consolidation. While it is also a map of the prime minister's words and actions, drawn as it is mainly from his papers, it is embedded in the government. It describes a time of transitional governance in independent India's early political history and gives a glimpse of its multiple individual traits, identity tensions and institutional trends. The Nehruvian gaze traced here shows what a constant flux governing in those unsettled post-partition years was"-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009525275

1009525271

9781009525305

1009525301