Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers: The Political Thought of Jawaharlal Nehru

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There are many Indian thinkers who have contributed a great deal to the political thought of the country. In these initial 10 volumes, an effort has been made to bring together keen players and their significant contributions to the political thought of India in an unbiased way. The authors included in this series are giants by themselves in the socio- political arena of the country. The set provides insight and critical an evaluation of the political thinkers.

A significant attempt has been made in this book to make a comprehensive study of the Political Thought of Nehru. To understand fully the implications of Nehru's ideas is a tremendous task. The author in this book makes an honest endeavour to present his view in a lucid manner. It studies in detail: Life and Work of Nehru, On Leadership, On Socialism, On Freedom, On Indian National Congress and On Religion and Politics.

This book is a treasure for all teachers, scholars and students of Political Science, Gandhian Thought, History, Sociology and Social Work; all university, college, legislative, judicial, public and other libraries in India and abroad and for all those interested in the study of Political Science. In nut-shell, this book will be of great importance to all.

K.S. Bharathi did his Master's Degree in Gandhian Thought, Peace-Science, Economics, and Political Science. He also did Postgraduate Diplomas in Politics, Public Administration, Population Dynamics, Gandhian Thought, Tourism, and Telugu. He has contributed some articles in learned journals. He is the author of Foundations of 'Gandhian Thought; Gandhi and Humanity, Socio- Religious Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi; The Philosophy of Sarvodaya; The Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhi and Nehru; Foundations of Ambedkar Thought; The Social Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi; Gandhian Approach to Rural Development; The Relevance of Gandhi; Gandhi and Vinoba, The Philosophical Foundations of Gandhian Thought; The Political Thought of Gandhi; The Economic Thought of Gandhi: The Social Thought of Gandhi and The Quintessence and Chronology of Gandhi. At present, he is the Head of the Postgraduate Department of Gandhian Thought of Nagpur University. He is the Chairman of the Board of Studies of Gandhian Thought, member of the Academic Council, member of the Faculty of Social Sciences, member of the Board of Examination and member of the Doctoral Research Committee of Nagpur University.

Nehru visualised and strove for a world free from strife, where the human being was free and could love with dignity. The message of peaceful co-existence was a voice of sanity in a world poised on the brink of self-destruction. The concept of non-alignment gave to international politics, a third force, which stood apart from the two power blocs and gradually gained in strength, fortified by the hopes and aspirations of millions of peace loving peoples all over the world. His firm belief in the dignity of the human being conditioned his perception of international affairs. Under the stewardship of Nehru, India was in the forefront of denouncing racialism and demanding stringent measures to isolate the racialist regime. He had visualised an India which would follow the path of democracy, socialism, secularism, and non-alignment.

The life and works of Jawaharlal Nehru has been discussed in the first chapter. His views on leadership has been covered in the second chapter. His views on Socialism and Freedom have been analysed in the third and fourth chapters. His original writings on Indian National Congress has been reproduced in the fifth chapter. His views on Religion and Politics has been discussed in the last chapter.

I would like to place on record my indebtedness to scholars and thinkers whose ideas enabled me to bring out this book. I gratefully acknowledge the scholars from whose works I have drawn citations viz. Dr. Ahluwalia, Dr. Bakshi, Dr. Bali, Dr. Bimal Prasad, Dr. Dutt, Dr. Grover, Dr. Saroj Prasad, Dr. Alexander Gorav and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

So far as the writing of this book is concerned, whatever success I have achieved is due to relentless efforts and encouragement of Dr. P.S.G. Kumar, Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Nagpur University. I sincerely express my gratitude to him. I express my warm thanks to Mr. P.N. Hardas and Mr. S.T. Patale of Nagpur University.

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