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First published in 1939, this is the autobiography of independent India's first Prime Minister, maybe India's greatest ever statesman. Written in prison during the turmoil of pre-independence India, he refutes all arguments for British imperialism and lays out his own political and humanitarian thoughts.
In "The Discovery of India", Nehru sets out on a voyage of self-discovery and offers a penetrating analysis of his own motherland. The book, first published in 1946, prompted Albert Einstein to write to Nehru: "I have read with extreme interest your marvellous book...It gives an understanding of the glorious intellectual and spiritual tradition of your great country."