Makers of Modern India

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Makers of Modern India
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First edition
Author Ramachandra Guha
LanguageEnglish
Published2010
PublisherPenguin India
Publication placeIndia
ISBN 9780143419242

Makers of Modern India is a non-fiction book written by Indian historian-scholar Ramachandra Guha and published by Penguin India in 2010. The book features profiles of selected personalities that laid the foundation of modern India: Ram Mohan Roy, Syed Ahmad Khan, Khuda Bakhsh, Jotirao Phule, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Tarabai Shinde, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, B. R. Ambedkar, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Periyar, Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay, Jawaharlal Nehru, M. S. Golwalkar, Rammanohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, C. Rajagopalachari, Verrier Elwin, and Hamid Dalwai.

The book has met with generally positive reviews. [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. Mukherji, Saradindu (7 March 2015). "Conformity as History: A review of Ramachandra Guha's Makers of Modern India". IndiaFacts. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Using "Makers of Modern India" to Teach about India". Association for Asian Studies. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. Dhulipala, Venkat (2014). "Makers of Modern India by Ramachandra Guha". Journal of World History. 25 (2–3): 430–434. doi:10.1353/jwh.2014.0013. ISSN   1527-8050. S2CID   142596376.