Ideology And Politics In Modern India

This volume brings together a number of essays on the political and ideological aspects of modern Indian history written by the eminent historian, Prof. Bipan Chandra, over roughly the last decade. The central essay of the collection is a study of Jawaharlal Nehru which aims at an evaluation of his contribution to the making of modern India in an attempt to find out why even the staunchest critics, look back with nostalgia on the ‘Nehru era’.

The volume also includes a number of smaller essays which are of immense value as they acquaint us with the views of one of our foremost scholars and teachers on a wide variety of historical personalities and political and intellectual trends. BIPAN CHANDRA retired as Professor of Modern History from JNU, New Delhi, and is now Professor Emeritus there.