Best Biography Books That Every Indian Should Read
The following best biography books deserves to be read by every Indian irrespective of his or her caste, creed, religion, color, and ethnicity. It includes books on Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Sardar Patel The Iron Man Of India, Rani Laxmibai, JRD Tata, PV Narasimha Rao, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Saheb Kanshiram, Feroze Gandhi, Dara Sikhoh, Guru Nanak, and Baba Saheb Ambedkar.
14 Best Biography Books For Indian Readers
1. The life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
2. Without Fear, The life and trial of Bhagat Singh by Kuldeep Nayar
3. The Man who unified India by Balraj Krishna
4. Rani Laxmibai the warrior queen of Jhansi by Pratibha Ranade
5. Beyond the last blue Mountain, A life of J.R.D. Tata by R.M. Lala
6. Half Lion how PV Narasimha Rao transformed India by Vinay Sitapati
7. Love and Revolution the authorised biography of Faiz Ahmed Faiz by Ali Madeeh Hashmi
8. Jawaharlal Nehru A biography by Frank Moraes
9. Syama Prasad Mookerjee life and times by TathaGata Roy
10. Kanshiram, leader of the Dalits by Badri Narayan
11. Feroze the forgotten Gandhi by Bertil Falk
12. The Emperor who never was, Dara Sikhoh in mughal India by Supriya Gandhi
13. Guru Nanak: The First Sikh Guru by Harish Dhillon
14. Ambedkar towards an enlightened India by Gail Omvedt
The life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
The more you read Gandhi, the more you realise his ingenuity and the love and admiration for his people. The life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer is a necessary book to read. The way he interpreted Mohandas Gandhi is laudable.
Biography book on Mahatma Gandhi.
For the detailed article you can read from here – Mahatma Gandhi
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Without Fear, The life and trial of Bhagat Singh by Kuldeep Nayar –
Without Fear by Kuldip Nayar is a brilliant book. Within a few hundred pages the author has unravelled the life and times of legendary Sardar Bhagat Singh.
Without Fear by Kuldeep Nayar
For the detailed article you can read from here – Bhagat Singh
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The Man who unified India by Balraj Krishna
Miniscule of people in Indian history can match the stature of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The more you read about Sardar the more you realise that how great he was. The iron man of India single handedly assimilated more than 560 Princely States into the Indian union. A feat in itself.
The Man Who Unified India, Sardar Patel
For the detailed article you can read from here – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Rani Laxmibai the warrior queen of Jhansi by Pratibha Ranade
Rani Laxmibai, The Warrior Queen Of Jhansi is a concisely written book about the Queen-cum-diplomat-cum-warrior of Hindustan who died on the battlefield like a brave soldier while fighting the forces of the British East India Company.
Biography of Rani Laxmibai
For the detailed article you can read from here – Rani Laxmibai
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Beyond the last blue Mountain, A life of J.R.D. Tata by R.M. Lala
Beyond the last blue mountain, A life of J. R. D. Tata is a nicely written biography of the former Chairman of Tata Sons and the only Indian industrialist till date who was bestowed with the prestigious, Bharat Ratna award.
J.R.D Tata, The Father of the Indian Aviation
For the detailed article you can read from here – J. R. D. Tata
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Half Lion how PV Narasimha Rao transformed India by Vinay Sitapati
Half lion, how PV Narasimha Rao transformed india, is brilliantly researched biography of the man who not only dismantled the so called ”Licence-permit-quota” Raj and opened up the Indian economy, but he also applied in letter and spirit the ancient Vedic principle of Vasudhaiva kutumbakam, which means ‘The world is one big family’.
Narasimha Rao, The Father of the Indian economic reforms
For the detailed article you can read from here – P. V. Narasimha Rao
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Love and Revolution the authorised biography of Faiz Ahmed Faiz by Ali Madeeh Hashmi
ये दाग़ दाग़ उजाला, ये शब-गज़ीदा सहर
वो इन्तज़ार था जिस का, ये वो सहर तो नहीं
(This stained light, this night-bitten dawn;
This is not that long awaited day break)
Subh-e azadi (Dawn of independence) was written way back in August 1947 by the revolutionary Urdu Poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Faiz Saheb was a poet of few words. In fact, each and every word of his represents the sentiment of a common man. That’s why he’s still revered throughout the Indian subcontinent.
Love and Revolution, Faiz Ahmed Faiz is the authorised biography of the legendary Urdu Poet, Faiz.
The main USP of this book is that within few hundred pages the author (Grandson of Faiz) has unravelled the life and times of Faiz Saheb.
Biography of Faiz Ahmed Faiz
For the detailed article you can read from here – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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Jawaharlal Nehru A biography by Frank Moraes
Jawaharlal Nehru, A biography, is a well analysed and written in a very crafty manner by Frank Moraes. Although, before I write on this topic, I wanna tell you people one thing for sure that this book is not everyone’s cup of tea. But if you have already read about history of the Indian freedom movement and especially the contribution of Pandit Nehru in the Indian freedom struggle, then, you can surely go for this book.
The First Prime Minister of Independent India, Pandit Nehru.
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Syama Prasad Mookerjee life and times by TathaGata Roy
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Life and times, is thoroughly researched and a well written book. In fact this is the only complete biography we have at present on Dr Mookerjee, The founder of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, The Founder of the Jana Sangh
For the detailed article you can read from here – Syama Prasad Mookerjee
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Kanshiram, leader of the Dalits by Badri Narayan
Kanshiram, leader of the Dalits is a concisely written biography of Kanshiram Of BSP
Manyavar Kanshiram was the founder of the Bahujan samaj party (BSP), and after Baba Saheb Ambedkar he is one of the most important icons for the Dalits of Hindustan.
Kanshiram, The leader of the Dalits.
For the detailed article you can read from here – Manyavar Kanshiram
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Feroze the forgotten Gandhi by Bertil Falk
Feroze the forgotten gandhi, is the story of the man who not only forgotten by the Nehru-Gandhi family but also by the people of India. A good book indeed.
The Forgotten Gandhi by Bertil Falk.
For the detailed article you can read from here – Feroze Gandhi
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The Emperor who never was, Dara Sikhoh in mughal India by Supriya Gandhi
The Emperor Who Never Was, Dara Shikoh in Mughal India is a meticulously researched and narratively written biography of the Mughal Prince, Dara Shikoh.
Although, it’s a book about the life and times of Dara Shikoh but it also tells us lots of things about the Mughals, especially the role of the Mughal women in administration and other necessary chores.
Biography of Dara Shikoh
For the detailed article you can read from here – Dara Shikoh
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Guru Nanak: The First Sikh Guru by Harish Dhillon
The world needs Baba Guru Nanak and his philosophy now than ever before.
Guru Nanak, The First Sikh Guru is a readable and a concisely written biography of the founder of the world’s youngest religion, The Sikhism.
Biography of Guru Nanak
For the detailed article you can read from here – Guru Nanak
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Ambedkar towards an enlightened India by Gail Omvedt
It’s a concisely written biography about the Chief architect of the Indian Constitution and one of the foremost intellectuals of the twentieth century.
Dr BR Ambedkar, The Father of the Indian Constitution
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These are some of the best biography books which I’ve read and strongly recommend to Indian readers. As, reading, writing and gaining knowledge is a continuous process so I’ll add more best biography books in the near future too.
I hope you like these recommendations about the best biography books. Thanks for reading, Jai Hind.
