Penguins ISBN 0 14 00.4570 8 - The New India

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First published in the United States of America by Simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions by The Viking Press and Penguin Books 1978 First published in Great Britain in Penguin Books 1978

Copyright © Ved Mehta, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 All rights reserved

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Mehta, Vad Parkash The new India. Includes index 1.   India—Politic and Government—1947- 2.   Authors, American—20th century-Biography. I. Title. [_DS480.84.M38 1977b    320.95405   77-21440 ISBN 0 14 00.4570 8

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The contents of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker in a somewhat different form.

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