Srinath Raghavan Releases New Book Titled ‘Indira Gandhi and the Years That Transformed India’.

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On May 30, 2025, Penguin Random House India, based in New Delhi (Delhi), published a new political biography titled "Indira Gandhi and the Years That Transformed India", authored by Srinath Raghavan.


      - The book explores the political journey of Indira Gandhi, the first and only female Prime Minister of India, focusing on the major changes in the country during her tenure.

      - It presents a detailed account of her career from her unexpected rise to power in 1966 to her assassination in 1984, highlighting key phases of her leadership.

     

Main Point :-   (i) The biography also covers pivotal events, including the Emergency period (1975–77), her electoral victories, and various socio-political challenges she faced as Prime Minister.

      (ii) Srinath Raghavan is a noted historian and professor of history and international relations at Ashoka University, New Delhi.

(iii) He has previously written acclaimed books such as India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia and Fierce Enigmas: A History of the United States in South Asia.

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