After midnight: a history of independent India

By:

Gupta, Meghaa

Contributor(s):

Mukherjee, Sayan [Illustrator]

Publication details: Gurugram: Puffin Books, 2022.Description: xxiii, 270p.: ill.; pbk: 21cmISBN:

9780143458760

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.04 GUP

Summary: At the time of Independence, few believed that a country made up of British provinces and over 500 princely states could survive as a nation, even for a few years. That a land stripped of its riches, wracked by disease and famine, and divided along tense communal lines could thrive in its aspirations. Yet, in the 75 years since Independence, India has grown beyond anyone’s expectation. How did India get this far? What were the sweeping social, political, scientific, technological, military, environmental and economic developments it witnessed along the way? Interspersed with personal anecdotes, illustrations, infographics, informative timelines and quotes, After Midnight revels in the diverse ideas that have come to shape India and offers a multifaceted context to the present. In many ways, this is one of the greatest underdog-beating-the-odds stories in world history, full of blood, sweat, tragedy and triumph. https://penguin.co.in/book/after-midnight/

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Children Collection	IIT Gandhinagar	General	954.04 GUP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	CC1566

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At the time of Independence, few believed that a country made up of British provinces and over 500 princely states could survive as a nation, even for a few years. That a land stripped of its riches, wracked by disease and famine, and divided along tense communal lines could thrive in its aspirations. Yet, in the 75 years since Independence, India has grown beyond anyone’s expectation.
How did India get this far? What were the sweeping social, political, scientific, technological, military, environmental and economic developments it witnessed along the way? Interspersed with personal anecdotes, illustrations, infographics, informative timelines and quotes, After Midnight revels in the diverse ideas that have come to shape India and offers a multifaceted context to the present. In many ways, this is one of the greatest underdog-beating-the-odds stories in world history, full of blood, sweat, tragedy and triumph.

https://penguin.co.in/book/after-midnight/

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