SIGNED by Jawaharlal Nehru - The Discovery of India - Rare - with Provenance

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SIGNED by Jawaharlal Nehru - The Discovery of India - Rare - with Provenance:
$1257.80

The Discovery of India

Jawaharlal Nehru

Smply signed and dated by Jawaharlal Nehru

Red cloth covers.

Map (1lb 12oz).

Content: 584 pages + Preface (2 pages) + 23 Plates + Index (8 pages).

Inscribed and signed on the half-title page - \"Jawaharlal Nehru / June 8, 1960 / New Delhi\".

Provenance:Lady Violet Braddon (1899-1980), previously Violet Inglis, then descendent. Lady Braddon\'s second husband was Sir Henry Braddon (1863-1955), who was born in Calcutta, and had a distinguished career in business and politics in Australia.

Additional Information:

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), 1st Prime Minister of India, who, along with Gandhi, was one of the leading figures of the Indian independence movement.
Nehru was arrested and imprisoned nine times from 1920 to 1945.
Nehru was mentored by Gandhi.
Nehru\'s daughter Indira later became the 4th Prime Minister of India, from 1966 to 1977, and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
Nehru\'s sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, politician and diplomat, became the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly.
\"The Discovery of India\" was written during Nehru\'s final imprisonment in the 1940\'s. This book is widely considered to be one of the finest works on Indian history.

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