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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru played a crucial part in shaping Indian nationalism and in the creation of modern india. His life encompassed the high-noon of the British Raj, but also its collapse and the creation of a Commonwealth of independent states. As India's first prime minister he grappled with daunting internal problems, yet gave his country a clear identity in international affairs. One of the ironies of his career was that the dedicated democrat and social reformer was also the founder of a great, and sometimes autocratic, political dynasty.

Denis Judd is a leading authority on the British Empire and Commonwealth during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Reviews

"Denis Judd sets out the outlines of Nehru’s life lucidly…and with a measured judgement."
- India Weekly

"Denis Judd’s achievement consists in the remarkable objectivity of his analysis, a clear appreciation of the problems….[it is] all sketched with remarkable skill."
- TR, History Today