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V.P. Menon : the unsung architect of modern India
- Title
- V.P. Menon : the unsung architect of modern India / Narayani Basu.
- Author
- Basu, Narayani
- Publication
- New Delhi : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | JQ249.E9 B37 2020 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 440 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued online.
- Contents
- A bend in the road -- Kolar -- Glad city -- Delhi and diarchy -- Dramatis personae -- A temporary man -- "A little thing ... or a nothing" -- Black acts -- All hands on deck -- A married man -- Limbo -- Rift -- Simon Commission -- The duty of disloyalty -- London -- The beginning of the end -- Summer of empire -- Disobedience -- Transition -- A mighty transformation -- Enter Linlithgow -- "This is going to backfire" -- 1937 -- Miscalculation -- A step up -- War -- Lahore -- Harry Hodson -- "The competent little Madrassi" -- Cripps -- Exit Hodson -- The new Reforms Commissioner -- The Simla Conference -- "Hobson's choice" -- Fiasco -- Collapse -- Interim -- Sardar -- Eclipse -- Two Menons -- The last straw -- Return to Simla -- The Menon Plan -- "Let us save what we can ..." -- Centre stage -- Radcliffe -- Omission -- The States Ministry -- Secretary, Ministry of States -- "Instrument of execution" -- Endgame -- Power plays and princes -- "God help us all" -- Junagadh -- Hyderabad -- Kashmir -- Integration -- The others -- Into the shadows.
- ISBN
- 9789386797681
- 9386797682
- 9789386797698 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020325135
- OCLC
- on1139766971
- 1139766971
- SCSB-14401766
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library