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{{ Infobox book <br />
| name = The Idea of India<br />
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| author = [[Sunil Khilnani]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = English<br />
| cover_artist = Calvin Chu<br />
| subject = [[Politics]] and [[modern history]] of India<br />
| publisher = [[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]] (Paperback, United States)<br />
| media_type = Print<br />
| pages = 263pp (paperback edition)<br />
| isbn = 0-374-52591-9<br />
| isbn_note = (Paperback)<br />
}}<br />
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'''''The Idea of India''''' is a 1997 [[non-fiction]] book by [[Sunil Khilnani]], which describes the economic and political history of India in the fifty years since [[Partition of India|Partition]]. It focuses in particular on the role that the national ideal of [[Democracy in India|democracy]] has played in India's evolution. The book is also noted for its treatment of the personality and actions of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in the development of the country.<ref>[[Chitra Divakaruni]], [http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/25/books/bk-11795 "Against All Odds"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 25, 1998.</ref><ref>[[Jeffery Paine]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002454/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-660331.html "Nation in the Making"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', May 31, 1998.</ref> Journalist [[Ian Jack]] described this book, and its description of the "intellectual foundations" of the modern Indian state, as "indispensable" reading.<ref>[[Ian Jack]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923050756/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-982470171.html "Understanding India: the books to read"], ''[[New Statesman]]'', January 30, 2006.</ref><br />
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