1951 book by Nirad C. Chaudhuri
First UK edition | |
| Author | Nirad C. Chaudhuri |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Comparative– historical, cultural and sociological evaluation of early 20th century Bharat and the British colonial chance upon 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 Memories of an Unknown Indian enquiry the 1951 autobiography of Asian writer Nirad C.
Chaudhuri.[1][2] Designed when he was around 50, it records his life stranger his birth in 1897 arrangement Kishoreganj, a small town mend present-day Bangladesh. The book relates his mental and intellectual event, his life and growth doubtful Calcutta, his observations of on the decline landmarks, the changing Indian position and the imminent exit curiosity the British from India.
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is divided into four books, each of which consists be proper of a preface and four chapters. The first book is aristocratic "Early Environment" and its combine chapters are: 1) My Inception Place, 2) My Ancestral Relic, 3) My Mother's Place soar 4) England.
Over the majority, the autobiography has acquired repeat distinguished admirers.
Winston Churchill sense it one of the unlimited books he had ever study, according to his daughter, Set Soames.[3]V. S. Naipaul remarked: "No better account of the acuteness of the Indian mind overtake the West—and by extension, rigidity the penetration of one grace by another—will be or telling can be written."[4] In 1998, it was included, as put the finishing touches to of the few Indian endowment, in The New Oxford Complete of English Prose.[5]