The man who remade India : a biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao /

When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited an economic crisis, violent insurgencies and a nation adrift. Rao was unloved by his people, mistrusted by his party and ruled under the shadow of Sonia Gandhi, Congress' first choice for Prime Minister af...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sitapati, Vinay (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Series:Modern South Asia series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Half Burnt Body
  • 2. Andhra Socialist, 1921-71
  • 3. Puppet Chief Minister, 1971-73
  • 4. Exile, 1973-74
  • 5. Delhi Durbar, 1975-91
  • 6. Monk to Monarch
  • 7. Rescuing the Economy, 1991-92
  • 8. Growing the Economy, 1992-1996
  • 9. A Welfare State?
  • 10. Surviving Party and Parliament
  • 11. Managing Sonia
  • 12. The Fall of Babri Masjid
  • 13. Look East, Look West
  • 14. Going Nuclear
  • 15. Lion, Fox, Mouse
  • Chapter Notes
  • Index.