Behind Closed Doors : Politics of Punjab, Haryana and the Emergency
B. K. Chum
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Carlsbad : : Hay House, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (469 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Phase I: 1953-68; Chapter 1: The Punjabi Suba Demand; Chapter 2: The Green Revolution; Chapter 3: Joining the National Herald; Phase II: 1969-78; Chapter 4: Turmoil in Akali Politics; Chapter 5: Haryana: The Pioneer of Defection Politics; Chapter 6: The 1971 Lok Sabha Poll and Its Impact on Haryana; Chapter 7: The Takeover Plan and the Emergency; Chapter 8: The Offer of Editorship; Chapter 9: Differences between Mother and Son over the 1977 Elections; Chapter 10: Post-1977 Haryana: Political Instability Returns. - Chapter 11: The Fluctuating Fortunes of HaryanaPhase III: 1979-91; Chapter 12: Boarding the Indian Express; Chapter 13: Zail Singh: The Great Survivor; Chapter 14: Extreme Turbulence in Punjab; Chapter 15: Operation Bluestar; Chapter 16: The Post-Operation Bluestar Phase in Punjab; Chapter 17: Indira Gandhi's Assassination and Beyond; Chapter 18: CIA Masterminds, ISI Executes; Chapter 19: Discord among the Akali Leaders 167; Chapter 20: The Rajiv-Longowal Accord and After; Chapter 21: Infighting in the Akali Dal; Chapter 22: The Revival of Terrorism and Its Fallout. - Chapter 23: Operation Black Thunder II and BeyondChapter 24: Uncertainty Looms Large in Punjab; Chapter 25: New Hope for Punjab; Phase IV: 1992-95; Chapter 26: Elections to the Punjab Assembly and Their Impact; Chapter 27: The Assassination of Beant Singh and Its Consequences; Phase V: 1996 Onwards; Chapter 28: Changes in Punjab's Political Map; Chapter 29: Punjab: The Struggle for Power in the New Millennium; Index. - A riveting volume that paints politics and politicians in their true colours!. A candid, hard-hitting and incisive work that throws light on crucial events in post-independence India - focusing on Punjab, Haryana and the Emergency - that had serious repercussions for the nation . . . As a seasoned journalist, B. K. Chum, who was a witness to history-in-the-making for more than six decades, has gone 'behind closed doors' to unearth secrets that politicians prefer to keep hidden. Beginning with Punjab in the early 1950s, when the Akalis demanded a separate Punjabi-speaking state, Chum recounts h
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| ISBN | 93-81398-62-3
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