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With Four Prime Ministers
"The book, through a bureaucrat’s journey of eight years under four prime ministers, aims to give the readers a glimpse into the most powerful office in India. It gives a detailed account of the factors involved in the functioning of the PMO while also reflecting the individual contribution of each prime minister to the country." "Jarnail Singh, a 1974 batch IAS officer of the erstwhile Manipur-Tripura cadre. Important positions held by him include Chief Secretary of Manipur (Aug 2004–Jul 2008), Joint Secretary to PM (Aug 1996–Aug 2004) and Secretary to Government of India. Post retirement, he worked as Advisor (Infrastructure and Power) to Chief Minister, Manipur (2012–2017). As Joint Secretary, Jarnail Singh served four Prime Ministers—H.D. Deve Gowda, I.K. Gujral, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr Manmohan Singh—and handled matters relating to various ministries and states. His eight-year-stint in the PMO is among the longest by any officer."
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PMO-1 Prelude to the Emergency
A diary and personal commentary of a Jt. Sec. in the Prime Minister's Secretariat. Covers November 1974-August 15, 1975. On political crisis, the issues leading to the declaration of emergency. Excellent on politics, the internal operation of government, and the life and ideas of Indira Gandhi. Subsequent volumes will cover events through the emergency.
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Sardar Patel And Partition Of India
Complete Independence and unity of India was Sardar Patel’s goal and he made all efforts to keep the two major communities of India united for the purpose. He was critical of British Government’s communal award and separate electorate to create internal dissensions between the two communities.Sardar Patel considered Jinnah’s “Two-Nation-Theory” as absurd. He traced the attitude of Jinnah its recalcitrant nature of being open to no compromise and adhering only to the idea of Pakistan.