Great Women Of India
Great Women Of India

Author: Nimeran Sahukar

Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd

Published:

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 8120791487

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"Presented here are some intriguing life stories of outstanding women who have brought about commendable changes by their determination and their will power. In this series, you will find people as different as politicians, reformers, revolutionaries and artists – women whose lives have left an indelible imprint on our world. Table of Content.. 01. The Formative Years 02. A New Home for Annie 03. Finding her Soulmate 04. Loosing Faith in God 05. Changing Priorities 06. Summons from the Court 07. Setting Sail for India 08. Fighting for a Cause 09. Reaching out to People 10. Social Activities 11. The Retreat"

The Scope of Happiness
The Scope of Happiness

Author: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Publisher:

Published: 2018-06-10

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9789387693654

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The Scope of Happiness is the autobiography of an outstanding world figure who was the sister, confidante, and lifelong political associate of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and the aunt of Indira Gandhi. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit participated in the Indian national struggle for freedom from its inception and was imprisoned three times. In this very personal view of the struggle for independence, she gives an evocative picture of the cultured and protected world in which she grew up in Anand Bhavan in Allahabad, conveying even the textures, aromas and sounds of her childhood home. She offers an unprecedented picture of life in India under British rule, with its rigorous restrictions and racial bigotry. A compelling strength of this book is the intimate picture the author draws of many great figures: the searching and affectionate view of her brother, the insight into her niece Indira, a personal record of Mahatma Gandhi that no one else could give--and penetrating and entertaining anecdotes of world figures such as Krishna Menon, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Chester Bowles, Dag Hammarskjold, Eleanor Roosevelt, President Tito and Prince Charles. No other living individual could draw the sweeping historical picture that Mrs Pandit has given us in her memoir, making it a book of rare significance that will speak lastingly for generations to come.

Envoy Extraordinary
Envoy Extraordinary

Author: Vera Brittain

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-03-05

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1000329658

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First published in 1965, Envoy Extraordinary is a detailed biographical study of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and her contribution to India. Drawing on a wealth of interviews, press-cuttings, speeches, letters, and more, the book delves into Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit’s political and diplomatic career and explores her personal values and ideals. It adopts an objective and truthful approach that does not steer away from the more difficult or disconcerting aspects of Pandit’s private and public life. In doing so, it provides a thorough study of her career and a detailed insight into India’s political history.

Portraits of Women in International Law
Portraits of Women in International Law

Author: Immi Tallgren

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2023-04-15

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 0192638947

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Current histories seem to suggest that men alone have been capable of the development of ideas, analysis, and practice of international law until the 1990s. Is this the case? Or have others been erased from the collective images of this history, including the portrait gallery of notables in international law? Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces? investigates the slow and late inclusion of women in the spheres of knowledge and power in international law. The forty-two textual and visual representations by a diverse team of passionate portraitists represent women and gender non-conforming people in international law from the fourteenth century onwards around the world: individuals and groups who imagined, developed, or contested international law; who earned their living in its institutions; or who, even indirectly, may have changed its course. This rich volume calls for a critical identification of the formal and informal institutional practices, norms, and rituals of (white) masculinities, both in the past and in the research of international law today. By abandoning reductive histories, their biased frames, and tacit assumptions, this work brings previously unseen glimpses of international law and its agents, ideas, causes, behaviour, norms, and social practices into the spotlight.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Author: Manu Bhagavan

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2023-12-22

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9357086463

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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, ‘the most remarkable woman’ Eleanor Roosevelt had ever met, was a pioneering politician and diplomat celebrated internationally for her brilliance, charm and glamour. Marlon Brando called her the woman he admired most in the world, while ordinary American men gave up watching football to come hear her speak. Pandit’s life straddled the twentieth century, her own story intertwined with that of the modern world. She was India’s first woman cabinet minister, first ambassador to the United Nations and first ambassador to the Soviet Union. She was also the first woman elected President of the U.N. General Assembly. And yet her influence extended well beyond these formal roles. She grew to be one of the most influential international voices of peace while also paving the way for women across the world in many fields. Madame Pandit, as she was widely known, moved easily in global aristocratic circles, even as she worked tirelessly to improve the lives of suffering millions. She traded barbs and quips with Winston Churchill, out-debated Jan Smuts and garnered more attention than James Cagney. She was arrested for the attempted assassination of Benito Mussolini and later told John F. Kennedy not to go to Dallas. At the end of her career, she came out of retirement to battle her own niece, Indira Gandhi, in an epic clash of democracy vs. authoritarianism. Based on eight years of research and using material in five languages from seven countries and over forty archives, Manu Bhagavan has written the definitive biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

Women in Modern India
Women in Modern India

Author: Geraldine Forbes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-04-28

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780521653770

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In a compelling study of Indian women, Geraldine Forbes considers their recent history from the nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins with the reform movement, established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed women's lives enabling them to take part in public life. Through their own accounts of their lives and activities, she documents the formation of their organisations, their participation in the struggle for freedom, their role in the colonial economy and the development of the women's movement in India since 1947.

Citizens of Everywhere
Citizens of Everywhere

Author: Rosalind Parr

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-10-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1009032410

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Citizens of Everywhere traces the international careers of a cohort of extraordinary Indian women leaders during the final decades of colonial rule. Working in pursuit of the dual goals of Indian independence and women's rights, the women featured in this book established productive transnational connections to gain influence on the world stage, all against the backdrop of momentous events in India and beyond. In doing so, they contributed a distinct set of ideas to global conversations about rights and citizenship. By bringing this transnational activism to light, the author offers new perspectives on Indian nationalism. More broadly the book establishes Indian women as actors in the global histories of women's rights and international movements during the era of decolonisation.

The Indian Civil Service and Indian Foreign Policy, 1923–1961
The Indian Civil Service and Indian Foreign Policy, 1923–1961

Author: Amit Das Gupta

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2020-11-26

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1000244520

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This book provides an authoritative account of the first significant overseas diplomatic missions and forays made by Indian civil servants. It recounts the key events in the formative decades of Indian foreign policy and looks at the prominent figures who were at the centre of this decisive period of change. The book explores the history and evolution of the civil and foreign services in India during the last leg of British rule and the following era of post-independence Nehruvian politics. Rich in archival material, it looks at official files, correspondences and diaries documenting the terms served by the pioneers of Indian diplomacy, Girja Shankar Bajpai, K.P.S. Menon and Subimal Dutt, in Africa, China, the USSR and other countries and their relationship with the Indian political leadership. The book also analyses and pieces together the activities, strategies, worldviews and contributions of the first administrators and diplomats who shaped India’s approach to foreign policy and its relationship with other political powers. An essential read for researchers and academics, this book will be a useful resource for students of international relations, foreign policy, political science and modern Indian history, especially those interested in the history of Indian foreign affairs. It will also be of great use to general readers who are interested in the history of politics and diplomacy in India and South Asia.

Modern , Ancient and Medievel History Mindmap (Quick Revision) (Arora IAS) (Faster Recall) for UPSC/IAS/State PCS/ SSC /Railway / EPFO / CDS/ NDA/ Police / OPSC/TPSC/KPSC/WBPSC/MPPSC/MPSC/CDS/CAPF/UPPCS/BPSC/NET JRF Exam/College/School
Modern , Ancient and Medievel History Mindmap (Quick Revision) (Arora IAS) (Faster Recall) for UPSC/IAS/State PCS/ SSC /Railway / EPFO / CDS/ NDA/ Police / OPSC/TPSC/KPSC/WBPSC/MPPSC/MPSC/CDS/CAPF/UPPCS/BPSC/NET JRF Exam/College/School

Author: Nitin Arora

Publisher: Arora IAS

Published:

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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Index Topics Page No. Ancient History Sources 1 History Divisions 2 Stone Age 3-9 Chalcolithic Age 10-13 Indus Valley Civilization 14-25 Vedic Period 26-33 Buddhism 34-43 Jainism 44-56 Mahajanapadas and Magadha Empire 57-63 Foreign Invasion 64-67 Maurya Empire 68-83 Post Mauryan Dynasties 84-91 Gupta Empire 92-101 Pushyabhuti Dynasty 102-105 Chalukya Dynasty 106-108 Pallavas 109-111 Cholas 112-118 Rashtrakutas 119-121 Regional Dynasties 122-125 Sangam Age 126-129 Early Medieval Times 130-137 Invasion In India 138-139 Delhi Sultanate 140-152 The Vijayanagar Empire 153-157 Bahmani Empire 158-160 Bhakti Movement 161-170 Sufism 171-177 The Mughal Empire 178-203 Popular Revolts and Movements 204-206 The Maratha Empire 207-212 Modern History of India Condition of India Art the time Of Foreigners Entry 213-216 Advent of Foreigners 217-225 Conditions that lead to their Internal Rivalry 226-237 British conquest over Indian States 237-273 India Independence Movement 274-371 Some Important facts for Prelims 372-387