Rajiv Gandhi and Ramas Kingdom
Ved Mehta. Yale University Press, $21 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-300-06858-0
Chronicle of India's recent tumultuous history. (Dec.)
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Reviewed on: 09/23/1996
Genre: Nonfiction
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