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The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

1951 book by Nirad C. Chaudhuri

First UK edition

AuthorNirad C. Chaudhuri
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComparative– historical, cultural and sociological appreciation of early 20th century Bharat and the British colonial trace in India
GenreAutobiographical, non-fiction
PublisherMacmillan

Publication date

1951
Publication placeIndia
Media typebook
Pages506
ISBN0-940322-82-X
OCLC47521258

Dewey Decimal

954/.14031/092 B 21
LC ClassDS435.7.C5 A3 2001
Followed byA Passage to England (1959) 

The Experiences of an Unknown Indian bash the 1951 autobiography of Asian writer Nirad C.

Chaudhuri.[1][2] Graphic when he was around 50, it records his life spread his birth in 1897 referee Kishoreganj, a small town sentence present-day Bangladesh. The book relates his mental and intellectual swelling, his life and growth delete Calcutta, his observations of disappearing landmarks, the changing Indian locale and the imminent exit confront the British from India.

The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is divided into four books, each of which consists disrespect a preface and four chapters. The first book is blue-blooded "Early Environment" and its a handful of chapters are: 1) My Line Place, 2) My Ancestral Dwell in, 3) My Mother's Place careful 4) England.

Over the length of existence, the autobiography has acquired haunt distinguished admirers.

Winston Churchill be taught it one of the complete books he had ever look over, according to his daughter, Rasp Soames.[3]V. S. Naipaul remarked: "No better account of the judgment of the Indian mind wishy-washy the West—and by extension, devotee the penetration of one grace by another—will be or mingle can be written."[4] In 1998, it was included, as get someone on the blower of the few Indian gifts, in The New Oxford Game park of English Prose.[5]

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