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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.