He was imprisoned nine times between 19 for his political activity. His close association with the Indian National Congress began in 1919 in 1929 he became its president, presiding over the historic Lahore session that proclaimed complete independence (rather than dominion status) as India's political goal. Gandhi's approach to Indian independence. More interested in politics than law, he was impressed by Mohandas K. Son of the independence advocate Motilal Nehru (1861 1931), Nehru was educated at home and in Britain and became a lawyer in 1912. First prime minister of independent India (1947 64). ![]() It could be considered as one of the first attempts at historiography from a non-Eurocentric angle. They reflect the world view of Nehru, and his grasp of history. The letters are written in informal language, with the contemporary and personal events too are mentioned. It was possible only through knowing the history of the whole world. He wrote about many cultures throughout the globe in detail because, as he himself said, he didn't like the way history was taught in schools where it was confined to the history of a single country and that too narrow, and he wanted his daughter Priyadarshini to know why people did what they did. It covers the rise and fall of great empires and civilizations from Greece and Rome to China and West Asia great figures such as Ashoka and Genghis Khan, Gandhi and Lenin wars and revolutions, democracies and dictatorships. Written from prison, where he had no recourse to reference books or a library but his personal notes, Glimpses of World History contains the history of humankind from 6000 BC to the time of writing of the book. He says he is sad about not being able to send her any "material" gift from prison, so he would try to give her something he can "afford", a series of letters from his heart. The letters, written in a span of thirty months when Nehru was imprisoned in various places by the British, starts off with one he sends to his daughter on her birthday. It is a collection of 196 letters written between 1930-1933, as an introduction to the world history to his daughter Indira, then thirteen years old. Glimpses of World History, a book written by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1934, is a panoramic sweep of the history of humankind.
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