C.F Andrews: Friend of India (Friends of India Series II) - Softcover

Hasan, Professor Mushirul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9381523770 ISBN 13: 9789381523773

Publisher: Niyogi Books, 2014

Synopsis

Written in 1944, this little book is a survey and estimate of CF Andrews' life and work in the nearly forty years he lived in India. It describes his character, his many abiding friendships and his relationship with India and its people. Gandhi called him "Dinabandhu," "brother of the humble."

Mushirul Hasan's introduction provides the context within which contemporary readers can understand the relevance of Andrews' relationship with this diverse and interesting country.

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About the Author

Professor Mushirul Hasan is an internationally renowned historian, prolific author and former Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi. He has also published Partners in Freedom: Jamia Milia Islamia (Niyogi Books, 2006); Mutiny Memoirs (Niyogi Books, 2009); and The Avadh Punch: Wit and Humour in Colonial North India (Niyogi Books, 2007) as part of the Punch series brought out by Niyogi Books. He has written extensively on the Partition of India, on communalism and on the histories of Islam in South Asia. He was the elected President of the Indian History Congress in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India and in 2010 the Ordre des Palmes Académiqueswas conferred upon him by the French Government. He is presently the Director-General of the National Archives of India.

About this edition

• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9381523770
• ISBN 13: 9789381523773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100