Author: Sinha, Sachchidananda [1871-1950]
Title: A Selection from the Speeches and Writings of Sachchidananda Sinha
Description: Calcutta, Thacker Spink, 1942. 2nd Edition. quarter-cloth. 22x14cm, xvi,911 pp. Binding corners and edges crudely repaired with cloth-tape. "Second Edition, Considerably Enlarged".. Rubbed. Just Good. ¶ With a foreword by the late Sir C.Y. Chintamani, Editor of 'The Leader' and a personal note by Dr Rajendra Prasad, President, Indian National Congress 1934-5". Contains 81 articles on administrative, consittutional reform, education, critical, historical, humorous, journalistic, legal, literary, personal, political, sociological topics by the editor of 'The Hindustan Review'. Includes: Lord Curzon's Apotheosis of Imperialism, Indentured Labour for Natal; Colonization in British Guiana; The Seditious Meetings Bill, 1910; Comission to Inquire into Punjab Disturbances; etc. ["A lawyer, orator, legislator, publicist, educationist and humanist, Sachchidananda Sinha was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council and the Indian Legislative Assembly. He was Deputy President of the Assembly in 1921. He also held the office of the President in the Bihar and Orissa Legislative Council. Later, he was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly also. In 1946, he served as the Interim President of the Constituent Assembly. A spirit of rationalism and nationalism pervaded all his political and social reform activities...." - Rajya Sabha website]. Weighs 1.4 kilos.

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