Author: Rahul Ramagundam
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9354925944
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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The Militant Trade Union Leader. The Dauntless Political Rebel. The Passionate Socialist Dreamer. This is a biography of India's George Fernandes. George Fernandes (1930-2019)-a firebrand trade union leader, socialist politician and incredibly powerful orator-is popularly known for leading the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) in May 1974 and calling upon its approximately 1.7 million employees to strike, which brought India to a halt for twenty days. Often described as a rebel, he pursued every cause he took up with passionate devotion, heedless of the many ups and downs in his life. From the early years of fighting for the rights of dock and municipal workers of Bombay (now Mumbai) through the Emergency, which he resisted by going underground, to his last private decade as a bed-ridden Alzheimer's patient, his fights were always persistent and single-handed. George could call Bombay to be shut down and rose from its streets to become India's Defence Minister. The Life and Times of George Fernandes chronicles the story of George, who rose from the streets of Bombay to stride the corridors of power. In this extraordinary biography, Rahul Ramagundam opens a window to George's political evolution and traces the course of the Socialist Party in India from its inception in 1930s to its dissolution into the Janata Party in the late 1970s. In the process, this book explores the trail of India's opposition parties that worked to displace the long-ruling Congress Party from its preeminent position. Comprehensive, evocative and fascinating, this first definitive biography of George Fernandes is an unputdownable tour de force.
Author: Jayaprakash Narayan
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ISBN: 9788173044656
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Languages : en
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Author: Asim Kumar Chaudhuri
Publisher: Calcutta : Progressive Publishers
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Author: Madhu Dandavate
Publisher: Allied Publishers
ISBN: 9788177643411
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Jayaprakash Narayan, 1902-1979, Indian statesman.
Author: Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317668057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
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Left radicalism in India was rooted in the nationalist movement and was set in motion in the 1920s with the formation of the communist party. The communist movement manifested itself differently in each phase of India’s political history and Communism continues to remain a meaningful alternative ideological discourse in India. This book examines left politics in India focusing on its rise, consolidation and relative decline in the present century. Left radicalism in India is a distinct ideological phenomenon which is articulated in two complementary ways: while the parliamentary left remains social democratic in character, its bête noire, the left wing extremists, continue to uphold the classical Marxist, Leninist and Maoist notion of violent revolution. By concentrating on the nature and also activities of these two versions of left radicalism, this book is a thorough study of the phenomenon. The author analyses the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura and presents a variety of case studies of communist movements. He argues that the political power of the left parties depends on the degree to which they have built organizational strength, political hegemony and a broad social base through legal and extra-parliamentary struggles. An in-depth study of socio-economic circumstances that remain critical in conceptualizing radical extremism, Left Radicalism in India will be of interest to those studying Indian Politics, South Asian History, Development Studies and Global Politics.
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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Vols. include Proceedings of the conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics.
Author: Papiya Ghosh
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000083888
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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This book examines community-oriented formations and communal polities in pre-Partition north India, highlighting the centrality of the experience of Muslim minority provinces such as Bihar during the Partition. It shows how community, religion and nation in Bihar in the 1940s were intertwined.
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Author: Sri S. R. Ramaswamy
Publisher: Sapna Book House (P) Ltd.
ISBN: 8128017470
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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In his last years, he came to be called Loknayak - the Leader of the People. For Indians, Jayaprakash Narayan was their voice, their conscience and a source of hope at a time when the future seemed very bleak.
