![]() ![]() ![]() “Arguably modern India’s biggest political development, the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi finds a desultory mention in our history textbooks,” the authors, Appu Esthose Suresh and Priyanka Kotamraju, say. It relies on investigative journalism and new evidence set in a strong academic framework to unpack the significance of this tumultuous event. ![]() “The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir” examines the potential role of princely states, hyper-masculinity and a militant right-wing in the context of a nation that had just won her independence. In doing so, it unearths a conspiracy that runs far deeper than a hate crime and challenges the popular narrative about the assassination that has persisted for the past 70 years. “The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir” is a fresh account of one of the most controversial political assassinations in contemporary history – of Mahatma Gandhi.īased on previously unseen intelligence reports and police records, the book, to be released by HarperCollins on October 1 recreates the circumstances of his murder, the events leading up to it and the investigation afterwards. ![]()
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