16 Top history books like Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra by Girish Kuber

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Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra

By: Girish Kuber

3.61

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Maharashtra. Among the country's largest, wealthiest, most significant constituents. A great state …

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Cover of India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha

1. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

By: Ramachandra Guha

4.39

Format: 912 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"In 1951 Dec 20th, Nehru, while campaigning for the first democratic elections in India, took a short break to address a UNESCO symposium in Delhi. Although he believed democracy was the best form of …"

-Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Cover of Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple, Anita   Anand

2. Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

By: William Dalrymple , Anita Anand

4.04

Format: 335 pages,

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

3.98

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

India's recent economic performance has attracted world attention but the country is re-awakening n… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins

4. Freedom at Midnight

By: Dominique Lapierre , Larry Collins

4.20

Format: 32 pages,

A famous, major work on Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, and the partition of India. read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple

5. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

By: William Dalrymple

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of B… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. I Too Had a Dream

By: Verghese Kurien

3.85

Format: 220 pages,

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Learning to Silence the Mind: Wellness Through Meditation by Osho

7. Learning to Silence the Mind: Wellness Through Meditation

By: Osho

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

The mind, says Osho, has the potential to be enormously creative in dealing with the challenges of … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth by Audrey Truschke

8. Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth

By: Audrey Truschke

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

Aurangzeb Alamgir (r. 1658-1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, is widely reviled in India today. Hindu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. Nationalism

By: Rabindranath Tagore , None

4.39

Format: 288 pages,

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

By: R.K. Narayan , Pankaj Mishra , John Lee

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

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11. Cosmos

By: Carl Sagan

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

12. Shivaji: The Grand Rebel

By: Dennis Kincaid

3.80

Format: 220 pages,

A great warrior and skilled administrator, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, better known as Shivaji, wa… read more

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13. Raja ShivChatrapati

By: Babasaheb Purandare

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This is the most popular well read and best selling book on Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj written by … read more

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Cover of The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple

14. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

By: William Dalrymple

4.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas by Anirudh Kanisetti

15. Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas

By: Anirudh Kanisetti

4.23

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The history of the vast Indian subcontinent is usually told as a series of ephemeral moments when a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Mis(s)adventures of a Salesgirl

By: Aashisha Chakraborty

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a young feisty girl out of college who charges headlong into the sales domain … read more

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Cover of Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From by Tony Joseph

17. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

By: Tony Joseph

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji by Manu S. Pillai

18. Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji

By: Manu S. Pillai

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Manu S. Pillai narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the daw… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Ambedkar: A Life by Shashi Tharoor

19. Ambedkar: A Life

By: Shashi Tharoor

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, MA, MSc, PhD, DSc, DLitt, Bar-at-Law, is today among the most rev… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of In The Footsteps Of Rama: Travels with the Ramayana by Vikrant Pande

20. In The Footsteps Of Rama: Travels with the Ramayana

By: Vikrant Pande

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra by Girish Kuber

21. Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra

By: Girish Kuber

3.61

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Maharashtra. Among the country's largest, wealthiest, most significant constituents. A great state … read more

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Ramachandra Guha

4.39

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4.04

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The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline

Sanjeev Sanyal

3.98

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4.20

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William Dalrymple

4.34

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The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore

Manu S. Pillai

4.28

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4.04

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Sanjeev Sanyal

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