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Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi

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From: The Virginia Quarterly Review
Date: 20021001
Author:Anonymous

Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi, by Katherine Frank.

Frank, a professional biographer who has written elsewhere of Emily Bronte and Mary Kingsley, has turned her attentions to the enigmatic former leader of the world's largest democracy. Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1984 by Sikh bodyguards angered at her decision to storm the sacred Golden Temple, was a fascinating but (apparently) tortured figure who led India during a tumultuous period, one made more tumultuous perhaps because of decisions she herself made. The author's research was extensive at the personal level. Countless ...

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