The Book Prize Index

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Ramachandra Guha

Amagisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy, Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi is a breathtaking chronicle of the brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation and the extraordinary factors that have held it together. An intricately researched and elegantly written epic history peopled with larger-than-life characters, it is the work of a major scholar at the peak of his abilities.

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryKeyword Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsKeyword Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentAfrica & the African DiasporaAsia & the PacificWorld War I

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Cundill History PrizeMajor2008LonglistSecondary source
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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.