The Discovery of India
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The Discovery of India (Hindi: भारत एक खोज) was written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar in the Ahmednagar Fort.
Nehru was jailed for his participation in the Quit India movement along with other Indian leaders, and he used this time to write down his thoughts and knowledge about India's history. The book is widely regarded as a classic in India since its first publication in 1946, and provides a broad view of Indian history, philosophy and culture, as viewed from the eyes of a liberal Indian fighting for the independence of his country [1].
In this book Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru tries to study the history of India starting from the Indus Valley Civilization, and then covers the country's history from the arrival of the Aryans to government under the British Empire. The effect of these various people on Indian culture and their incorporation into Indian society is examined.
This book also analyses in depth the philosophy of Indian life. A popular serial, Bharat Ek Khoj by noted director Shyam Benegal gave a theatrical interpretation of this book.
[edit] Chapterization[2]
The book is divided into ten chapters and a post script. The layout of the chapters is as follows: CHAPTER ONE: AHMADNAGAR FORT
CHAPTER TWO: BADENWEILER, LAUSANNE
CHAPTER THREE: THE QUEST
CHAPTER FOUR: THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA
CHAPTER FIVE: THROUGH THE AGES
CHAPTER SIX: NEW PROBLEMS
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LAST PHASE (1): CONSOLIDATION OF BRITISH RULE AND RISE OF NATIONALIST MOVEMENT
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE LAST PHASE (2): NATIONALISM VERSUS IMPERIALISM
CHAPTER NINE: THE LAST PHASE (3): WORLD WAR II
CHAPTER TEN: AHMADNAGAR FORT AGAIN
POST SCRIPT.
[edit] External links
- The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, ISBN 0-670-05801-7
- The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru (paper back, thirteenth edition), ISBN 019-562359-2
[edit] References
- ^ Das, Taraknath (Jun, 1947), “Inda--Past, Present and the Future”, Political Science Quarterly 62 (2): 295-304, <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032-3195%28194706%2962%3A2%3C295%3AIPATF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C>
- ^ Nehru Jawaharlal,The Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, 1991, copyright Sonia Gandhi.
