About the Book : This book attempts to examine the political thought of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Providing new insights into his life and multi-dimensional personality, it discusses at length ideology and perception, his concept of nationalism and his views on national education. Maulana Azad role in the handing of the partition of the country has also been analyzed.

About the Author : Jai Narain Sharma (b. 1951) is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Gandhian Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is also Hon. Director of Gandhi Bhawan; member of Board of Studies, Nagpur University, Nagpur and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi; member of Research Degree Committee of the Department of Political Science, H.P. University, Shimla: General Secretary of Indian Soviety of Gandhian Studies; and member on the Presidium of the Alliance for Sarvodaya. He regularly writes for leading newspapers, and has published more than hundred research papers in professional journals of repute. Dr. Sharma has many books to his credit including Gandhi's View of Political Power, "Economics of Defence: A Study of SAARC Countries", "Economic Thought of Mahatma Gandhi", "Human Resource Management", "Alternative Economics: Economics of Mahatma Gandhi and Globalisation", Power, Politics and Corruption: A Gandhian Solution and "Research Methodology: The Discipline and its Dimensions"