The Discovery of India

The Discovery of India
The Discovery of India  
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The Discovery of India centenary edition cover.
Author(s) Nehru, Jawaharlal
Country India
Language English
Subject(s) Indian history, Indian culture, Politics of India, Religion in India, Indian philosophy
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date 1946
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 584 pp (centenary edition)
ISBN 978-0195623598
LC Classification DS436 .N42 1989

The Discovery of India (Hindi: भारत की 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 The Discovery of India Nehru argued that India was an historic nation with a right to sovereignty. (Calhoun, Craig, Nations Matter: Culture, History and the Cosmopolitan Dream, Routledge, p. 63.)

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.

This book was dedicated to the Prisoners of Ahmednagar jail.

The book became the basis of the 53-episode Indian television series Bharat Ek Khoj, first broadcast in 1988.

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References

  1. ^ Das, Taraknath (June, 1947), "India--Past, Present and the Future", Political Science Quarterly 62 (2): 295–304, doi:10.2307/2144210, JSTOR 2144210 

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