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The Discovery of India

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IndiaLanguageE
nglishSubject(s)I
ndian history,
Indian culture,
Politics of India,
Religion in India,
Indian
philosophyPubli
sherOxford
University
PressPublication
date1946Media
typePrint
(Paperback)Page
s584 pp
(centenary
edition)ISBN978
-0195623598LC
ClassificationDS
436 .N42
1989The
Discovery of
India (Hindi:
भारत एक खोज)
was written by
India's first
Prime Minister
Jawaharlal
Nehru during
his
imprisonment
in 1942-1946
at Ahmednagar
in the
Ahmednagar
Fort.Author

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.

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also
• Glimps
es of
World
History
• Bharat
Ek
Khoj
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Discov
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1. ^ Das,
Tarakna
th (June,
1947),
"Inda--
Past,
Present
and the
Future",
Politica
l
Science
Quarter
ly 62
(2):
295–
304,
doi:10.2
307/214
4210,
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