Bibliography
Nehru wrote voluminously, especially while in prison; his notable works include Glimpses
of World History (1936), comprising letters to his daughter
(Indira Gandhi), and
The Discovery of India (1946). See also his
autobiography, Toward Freedom (American ed. 1941, repr.
1958); biographies by M. Edwardes (1971) and S. Gopal (3 vol.,
1976–84); B. R. Nanda, The Nehrus (1962); A. von
Tunzelmann, Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an
Empire (2007); G. Horne, The End of Empires: African
Americans and India (2008); P. Anderson, The Indian
Ideology (2012); R. Basrur and K. Sullivan de Estrada, eds.,
Rising India: Status and Power (2017); M. N. Das,
The Political Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru
(2022).
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