Author

Publication

2011 - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

97,000 words, Guess

Page Count

388 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC954.03/5092
  • DDCB
  • LCCDS481.B6 B68 2011
and 1 more
  • LCCDS481.B6B68 2011

Description

The man whom Indian nationalists perceived as the “George Washington of India” and who was President of the Indian National Congress in 1938–1939 is a legendary figure. Called Netaji (“leader”) by his countrymen, Subhas Chandra Bose struggled all his life to liberate his people from British rule and, in pursuit of that goal, raised and led the Indian National Army against Allied Forces during World War II. His patriotism, as Gandhi asserted, was second to none, but his actions aroused controversy in India and condemnation in the West. Now, in a definitive biography of the revered Indian nationalist, Sugata Bose deftly explores a charismatic personality whose public and private life encapsulated the contradictions of world history in the first half of the twentieth century"--Book jacket.

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  • His majesty's opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and India's struggle against empireBelknap Press of Harvard University Press2011-01-01

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