Bhattacherjee, Kallol <br/><br/>
Nehru's first recruits: The diplomats who built independent India's foreign policy 

 - Gurugram:  HarperCollins Publishers,  2024. 
 - xviii, 349p., note., ind., 22 cm X 14 cm 
<br/><br/> Recommended by:  Rasananda Panda 
<br/><br/> Content:<br/><br/>Introduction: Finding the first recruits<br/>1. Military men, radio announcers, ICS officers<br/>2. A friendship and a catalogue<br/>3. 'Everyone's trying to make sense'<br/>4. The outsider becomes an insider: The career of an IFS topper<br/>5. Raj: The envoy for 'little nations'<br/>6. Videsh Mantralaya: The man behind the term<br/>7. The first evacuation of Indians in a foreign crisis<br/>8. 'Wilfred must go'<br/>9. Rebels and princes<br/>10. The first women recruits: Leilamani and	 Vijaya Lakshmi<br/>11. From Hanumannagar to Tashkent: Chandra Shekhar Jha<br/>12. Mirza Rashid Ali Baig: The protocol chief who made all the difference<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789356997516 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label>--Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964--Diplomats--India--History--20th century--Foreign relations-1947-1984
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.54