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025			_aI-E-2020328489 ; 62-91
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
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082			_aSVP 954.035 _bGOR
100	1		_aGoradia, Prafull
245	1	0	_aHad Patel been Prime Minister / _cPrafull Goradia.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew Delhi : _bVitasta, _c2020.
300			_axii, 179 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aIndia repeatedly swears by democracy but we forget how undemocratically we selected our first Prime Minister. Of the 16 Pradesh Congress Committees across the country, 15 opted for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel while one chose Acharya J B Kripalani. This book asks the pertinent question, what if Sardar Patel had been Indias first Prime Minister? Would Indias political and development trajectories be different It also discusses Patels thoughts on Partition and the East Bengal problem that finally led to the formation of Bangladesh. His views on independent Princely states, on China and Communists and his views on planning and economic outlook are also explored. The ifs and buts of history are of course debatable. But was this a decision that changed the destiny of a nation and its people?
600	1	0	_aPatel, Vallabhbhai, _d1875-1950 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPatel, Vallabhbhai, _d1875-1950.
650		0	_aStatesmen _zIndia _vCorrespondence.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1919-1947.
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