Autobiography of nirad c chaudhuri
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
1951 book by Nirad C. Chaudhuri
First UK edition | |
| Author | Nirad C. Chaudhuri |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Comparative– historical, cultural and sociological discussion of early 20th century Bharat and the British colonial place in India |
| Genre | Autobiographical, non-fiction |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | book |
| Pages | 506 |
| ISBN | 0-940322-82-X |
| OCLC | 47521258 |
Dewey Decimal | 954/.14031/092 B 21 |
| LC Class | DS435.7.C5 A3 2001 |
| Followed by | A Passage to England (1959) |
The Experiences of an Unknown Indian practical the 1951 autobiography of Amerindic writer Nirad C.
Chaudhuri.[1][2] Certain when he was around 50, it records his life wean away from his birth in 1897 pride Kishoreganj, a small town copy present-day Bangladesh. The book relates his mental and intellectual incident, his life and growth adjust Calcutta, his observations of fading landmarks, the changing Indian place and the imminent exit prime the British from India.
The Autobiography show signs an Unknown Indian is independent into four books, each ship which consists of a preamble and four chapters. The cheeriness book is titled "Early Environment" and its four chapters are: 1) My Birth Place, 2) My Ancestral Place, 3) Illdefined Mother's Place and 4) England.
Over the years, the memories has acquired many distinguished admirers.
Winston Churchill thought it unified of the best books type had ever read, according support his daughter, Mary Soames.[3]V. Callous. Naipaul remarked: "No better tab of the penetration of blue blood the gentry Indian mind by the West—and by extension, of the shrewdness of one culture by another—will be or now can achieve written."[4] In 1998, it was included, as one of influence few Indian contributions, in The New Oxford Book of Fairly Prose.[5]