Prinseps auction: Bid for first-edition rare books and documents from the Indian

Live until January 26, the auction is a thoughtful celebration of the country's legacy of extraordinary political leadership and the journey to Indian Independence, documented with meticulous detail i

Jan 25, 2020, 08:19 IST1 min

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Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - 8 volumes - D G TendulkarA rare compilation of Mahatma Gandhi"s letters, which tell the story of his life through correspondence between August 1942 and April 1944. Provenance: Private Collection

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The Springing Tiger - A Study of Subhas Chandra Bose by Hugh Toye, 1959A first-edition book that displays the British perspective, The Springing Tiger is a historical account of the The Indian National Army published by British Colonel Hugh Toye. Toye worked as an intelligence officer in Burma during World War II. He was tasked with interrogating the The Indian National Army. This book de

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The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru - 1946The first edition of Nehru"s autobiography, written when he was imprisoned.Provenance: Rathindranath Tagore - Mira Chatterjee Estate

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The poster of Sardar Vallabhai Patel is another print published by Shyam Sunder Lal Agarwal. The original work was made by Rup Kishor Kapur his works were regularly engraved and printed by Shyam Sunder Lal at Kanpur. Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and was the leader of the Indian National Congress and is considered to be one of the founders of the Republic of India. He

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Subhas Chandra Bose Calendar, 1946 by Shiri Talashilkar. Posters made in the 1940s were often mass-produced, and became an easy way to inform the public. They often were nationalistic in character and were used to unite the masses against the British colonisers.Provenance: Private Collection

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