Quest for socialism : Fifty years of struggle in India

By:

"Dwivedy, Surendranath"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Radiant Pub.; 1984Description: 373pSubject(s):

Socialism India

DDC classification:

320.531 DWI

Summary: This book is the first complete and authentic account of the Indian socialist movement from its inception in the 1930s to the present from a prominent socialist leader. Surendranath Dwivedy recounts in considerable detail the differences between the Congress Socialist Party and the leaders of the Indian National Congress between 1934 and 1947 and discusses the attitudes of Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent leaders. He examines the role of NarendraDeva, Harnmanohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, Asoka Mehta and others at critical points of the movement and assesses its achievements and failures. He discusses the contending trends within the socialist movement, especially between the anarchists and the collaborationists, and presents the history of Indian socialism in its proper perspective.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	320.531 DWI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		17353

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This book is the first complete and authentic account of the Indian socialist movement from its inception in the 1930s to the present from a prominent socialist leader. Surendranath Dwivedy recounts in considerable detail the differences between the Congress Socialist Party and the leaders of the Indian National Congress between 1934 and 1947 and discusses the attitudes of Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent leaders. He examines the role of
NarendraDeva, Harnmanohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, Asoka Mehta and others at critical points of the movement and assesses its achievements and failures. He discusses the contending trends within the socialist movement, especially
between the anarchists and the collaborationists, and presents the history of Indian socialism in its proper perspective.

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