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Lines of control

We the People of the States of Bharat offers an excellent account of the considerations that have given the country its present internal boundaries to whet your appetite for history

Lines of control
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We the People of the States of Bharat: The Making and Remaking of India’s Internal Boundaries

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
We the People of the States of Bharat: The Making and Remaking of India’s Internal Boundaries
Author: Sanjeev Chopra
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs 799

In early 2020 when the author’s engaging columns on the stories behind the making of various Indian states began to be published regularly in a newspaper, one wondered whether he would eventually “expand” these pieces into a book, not least because of the enthusiastic response from readers. Two and half years later, Sanjeev Chopra has done just that, delivering an excellently readable book that is packed with information of the kind that most people do not try to fathom