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" Jawaharlal Nehru was India for the first seventeen years of its independence. An unlikely follower of Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru was a moody, idealistic intellectual who was born into a life of privilege. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge but spent almost ten years in British jails because of his socialist convictions. A fierce freedom fighter, Jawaharial believed in India's right to be free of British rule and in her ability to rule herself.
Upon Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, Nehru became the most visible embodiment of India's struggle for freedom. He was the keeper of the national flame. In his rise to power in India, Nehru is incorruptible, visionary, ecumenical, and a politician above politics. "
Judi Darst, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Politician story?
- Left wing pol fighting right wing
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Age:
- 40's-50's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- Indian Indian
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Setting
City?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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