Jawaharlal Nehru: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Works on Nehru include Michael Brecher, Nehru: A Political Biography (1959, reissued 1998); V.B. Kulkarni, The Indian Triumvirate: A Political Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, and Pandit Nehru (1969); Sarvepalli Gopal, Jawaharlal Nehru, 3 vol. (1975–84; reissued 2015), a sympathetic account; and M.J. Akbar, Nehru: The Making of India (1988). Walter Crocker, Nehru: A Contemporary’s Estimate (1966); and Geoffrey Tyson, Nehru: The Years of Power (1966), are also useful.
Bimal Prasad, The Origins of Indian Foreign Policy, 2nd ed. (1962), contains a wealth of material on Nehru’s views on foreign affairs before 1947. H.V. Hodson, The Great Divide: Britain, India, Pakistan (1969, reissued with an updated epilogue, 1985), examines Nehru’s relations with Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India. V.T. Patil (ed.), Studies on Nehru (1987), contains scholarly critical assessments. Sarvepalli Gopal and Uma Iyengar (eds.), The Essential Writings of Jawaharlal Nehru, 2 vol. (2003), illuminates Nehru’s views on India, policy, science, religion, and more through his writings, correspondences, and interviews. Vinod Tagra, Jawaharlal Nehru and the Status of Women in India: An Analytical Study (2006), examines Nehru’s role in the socioeconomic development of women in India. G. Kumar Gopa (ed.), Nehru and Modern India: An Anatomy of Nation-Building (2010), is a collection of papers on various aspects of Nehru’s career and policies.
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| Media updated. | Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - Jawaharlal Nehrus vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Added top questions. | Nov 13, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 10, 2025 | ||
| Added mention of Children's Day. | Nov 07, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 07, 2025 | ||
| Revised question and answer. | Jul 04, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. | May 06, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 28, 2024 | ||
| Added cross reference. | Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute - Jawaharlal Nehru. | Jun 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister. | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Jan 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian National Congress - Biogaphy of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 05, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian National Congress - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. | Dec 06, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Prime Minister of India - Shri Jawaharlal Nehru. | Dec 06, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 06, 2018 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - From the archive, 28 May 1964: The Death of Nehru. | Dec 04, 2016 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Mar 12, 2015 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 12, 2015 | ||
| Article revised and expanded. | Mar 12, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Personalities of India - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Oct 29, 2014 | ||
| Article revised to specify that the Nehru family migrated to Delhi in the early 18th century. | Feb 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Jawaharlal Nehru. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural India - Leaders - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 03, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 03, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Asia Source - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Prime Minister's Office - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Jawaharlal Nehru. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
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| Added new Web site: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting India - Research Reference and Training Division - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: India Today - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Feb 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Country Studies - Biography of Jawaharlal Nehru. | Sep 28, 2007 | ||
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| Article revised. | May 17, 2002 | ||
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