Honest John : a life of John Matthai (Record no. 23149)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250901122827.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780143468493 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 920 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dadabhoy, Bakhtiar K. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Honest John : a life of John Matthai |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Gurugram: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Random House, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2025. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiii, 396p., note., ind., 24 cm X 15 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Recommended by:: Rasananda Panda |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Summary: John Matthai was independent India’s first railways and transport minister. Later, he was India’s second finance minister but resigned due to his differences with Pandit Nehru over the Planning Commission. Matthai served in important position in the Tatas and was a friend and confidant of J.R.D. Tata. He was chairman of the Taxation Enquiry Commission (1953), which provided a framework for the future tax policies of the government. Matthai was the first chairman of the State Bank of India of the court of governors of the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, and of the National Book Trust. He was also the founder-president of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi.<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| General subdivision | economists India biography |
| -- | India Politics and government 1947 |
| -- | lawyers India biography |
| -- | Matthai, John, 1886-1959 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Inventory number | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | KEIC | KEIC | 08/22/2025 | Amazon | 999.00 | XELC-72582 | 920 DAD | 23958 | 08/28/2025 | 1223.28 | 08/22/2025 | Books |