Indira Gandhi, the "emergency", and Indian democracy
P N Dhar
Indira Gandhi, the "emergency", and Indian democracy /P N Dhar - New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press , 2000. - xii, 424 pages ; 22 cm
Home and school in Kashmir --
College in Delhi --
Among the Pathans of Pshawar --
Back home in Kashmir and Delhi --
In British Guiana --
Between academics and policy-makers --
The Prime Minister's office --
The Bangladesh crisis --
Mrs. Gandhi, Bhutto, and the Simla agreement --
The emergency: how it came about --
The merger of Sikkim --
My experience of the "emergency" --
Change of players and the last curtain --
Epilogue: democracy under stress, India since 1977.
This is the first book to carry a detailed account of confidential negotiations between Indira Gandhi and Jayaprakash Narayan during the 'Emergency'. It also deals with the economic and political developments that fed into Indira Gandhi's declaration of an 'Emergency'. It provides a close picture of Mrs. Gandhi's trauma in relation to the Bangladesh refugee problem and the Bangladesh war, and later in relation to her son Sanjay Gandhi. In its account of the confidential negotiations between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto over the Simla Agreement, it offers unrecorded information which is likely to provoke strong reactions in both India and Pakistan." "This book will interest general readers and all who wish to understand contemporary Indian affairs and politics
9780195656459
Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87,Lalita park ,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092
History
India -- Politics and government -- 1975-1977.
954.045 DHA
Indira Gandhi, the "emergency", and Indian democracy /P N Dhar - New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press , 2000. - xii, 424 pages ; 22 cm
Home and school in Kashmir --
College in Delhi --
Among the Pathans of Pshawar --
Back home in Kashmir and Delhi --
In British Guiana --
Between academics and policy-makers --
The Prime Minister's office --
The Bangladesh crisis --
Mrs. Gandhi, Bhutto, and the Simla agreement --
The emergency: how it came about --
The merger of Sikkim --
My experience of the "emergency" --
Change of players and the last curtain --
Epilogue: democracy under stress, India since 1977.
This is the first book to carry a detailed account of confidential negotiations between Indira Gandhi and Jayaprakash Narayan during the 'Emergency'. It also deals with the economic and political developments that fed into Indira Gandhi's declaration of an 'Emergency'. It provides a close picture of Mrs. Gandhi's trauma in relation to the Bangladesh refugee problem and the Bangladesh war, and later in relation to her son Sanjay Gandhi. In its account of the confidential negotiations between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto over the Simla Agreement, it offers unrecorded information which is likely to provoke strong reactions in both India and Pakistan." "This book will interest general readers and all who wish to understand contemporary Indian affairs and politics
9780195656459
Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87,Lalita park ,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092
History
India -- Politics and government -- 1975-1977.
954.045 DHA
