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Baya, Bhure Lal; as private secretary to
Bhadada, Bhanwarlal
Bhagavad Geeta
Bhagwati, Jagdish
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Bharatpur
Bharatpur Praja Parishad
Bharmal
Bhil, Bhikhabhai
Bhilwara; cloth merchant in; textiles industry in
Bhilwara Panchayat Samiti
Bholenath
Bhrigusamhita
Bhuralal
Bijolia
Bijolia Kisan Movement
Bikaner
biography
Birla Institute of Technical Education in Pilani
Bombay Chronicle, as correspondent for
Book on Trial, The
British; agents of; and division of India; Ten Year’s Agreement between China and, see also opium trade
British Crown
British Parliament
British residents
Brooks, David
Budhsingh (great-grandfather of Father); death of
card game of bridge
ceremonies; of deaths; on engagement; of marriage
Chandra, Satish
Chaplin, Charles
Charbhuja temple,
Chaturvedi, Makhan Lal
Chavan, Y.B
Chief Justice
child marriage
children, birth and death of
Chittor
Churchill, Winston
Columbia University; as professor at
community feasts; commemorating deaths and, see also under ceremonies
community panchayats, ending power of
Congress
Congress Legislative Party
corruption
cultural unity
Dada Bhai
Dainik Bhaskar
Dalvi, J.P.
Dayananda Saraswati, Swami
de Gaulle, Charles
Deogirikar
Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC)
Department of Education
Dhadda, Siddharaj
Dhapubai (grandmother); advice to Father; death of; death wish of; ill health of; and my father’s education
East India Company
Economic Times
elections; to Legislative Assembly 1972
English, arrival of; language examination
examinations, Allahabad Board of Vernacular Final Departmental; board examinations; final; high school; BSc; of LLB; IAS
Excise Department
farmers
fasting
Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
feudal system
Finance Commissions; and divisible pool; Seventh; Eighth; Ninth; Tenth; poverty estimates and; tax devolution years of
First Battle of Panipat
Five-Year Plans
Forest Department, chief conservator of forests (CCF)
freedom movement
friends network
Galbraith, J.K.
Gandhi cap
Gandhi, Indira; autograph of
Gandhi, Mahatma; autobiographies of; arrest of; portraits of
Gandhi, Rajiv, gifting Rajasthani ka Ithihas to
Ganganagar Sugar Mills
Garde, V.G.
Ghosh, Aurobindo
Glimpses of the World History, by Nehru
Government of India Act of 1935
Gram Vidyalaya
greater Rajasthan
Hadoti
Hajela, Rai Bahadur S.K.
hakims
Haldighati
Hanuman aarati
headmaster: encouragement of; as Father’s teacher and, see also principal
Heeranand
Hindi Middle Examination
Hindu-Muslim harmony, Sharma and
Hindustan Times; reading from Theosophical Society Lodge
Hirsh (Ananth Hirsh); birth of
humility, as lesson
Indian Administrative Services (IAS)
Indian Civil Service (ICS)
Indian economic policy, my writings in
Indian Express
Indian National Congress
India: The Emerging Giant, Panagariya
industrialization
Irrigation Dept
jagirdaris; abolition of
Jain Hostel
Jaipur
Jaisalmer
Janmabhoomi
job/assignments; ahalmad (clerk) in court of the naib hakim; in Appointments Department; in Bhilwara; with Chief Justice; as clerk in Mandal; in cloth shop; as deputy secretary; in Mewar government; of Nazir; as newspaper editor; as private secretary; in private sector; professional growth of; promotions; as reader in Court of the District and Sessions Judge; as Reader in the court; as registrar, see also Malviya Regional Engineering College
Jodhpur
Jodhpur Praja Mandal
Joshi, Harideo
Kachru, Dwarkanath
Kajorimal
Kaka Saheb; death of; his stay with us
Kamala (my second sister); birth of; state and presidential awards for
Kanakmal
Kashmir: Paradise in Turmoil, by Panagariya
Kaul, B.M.
Kennedy, John F.
khadi
Khan, Asaf
Khan, Barkatullah
Khanwa
Khatod, Bhuralal
Kripalani, J.B.
Kulish, Karpoor Chandra
Kumar, Girija
Land Acquisition Act 2013
liberalizing reforms
library
Lions Club
liquor shops, action of
‘Live and Let Live’ and ‘Love All Serve All,’
Local Fund Audit and Accounts Services
local movements against local rulers
Lodi, Sultan Ibrahim
Lokvani; publishing articles in
Mahabharata
Maharana College in Udaipur
Maharana of Udaipur
Mahavir International
Mahendraj Sabha
Malviya Nagar
Malviya Regional Engineering College/Malviya National Institute of Technology
Mandalgarh
Marwar region,
Maryland
Mathur, Shiv Charan, chief minister
Medical and Health Department
Mehta, B. S.
Mehta, Mohan Singh, Finance Minister
Mehta,,Tej Singh, Minister
Menon, K.P.U.
Merchant, Vijay
Mewar; Oswal families of
Mewar Ahalkar Sangh
Mewar government; employees’ strike against
Mewar Middle Examination in English
Mewar Praja Mandal; arresting leaders of
Mewar Praja Mandal in Suwana; founder president of
Mewar Praja Mandal Patrika
Mewar State; as Udaipur State
Mewar Textile Mills
middle school, in Banera; gold medal from
miracles
Modi, Narendra, Prime Minister
Mohan Kumari (mother of author); burglary of jewellery of; joining my father’s family; marriage of; with parents after marriage; passing away of
Montgomery, Field Marshall
Mountbatten, Lord
Mughals
Mukherjee, Mohan, Chief Secretary
Munshi, K. M.
Muslim nationalism
Mutsaddi
My Little World, by Panagariya
naib hakim
Nainsi, Munhot
Nanak, Guru
Nangashah,
Narayan, Jai Prakash
national freedom movement
nationalism
national movement
Nehru, Jawaharlal; inaugurating United State of Rajasthan; visit to Bhilwara
nepotism
net state domestic product (NSDP)
newspapers office
New York
Nidhi
NITI Aayog; as first vice chairman of
officer on special duty (OSD)
Ojha, Gaurishankar Hirachand
Operations and Management (O&M) Department
opium trade; ban of; Ten Years’ Agreement and
Oswal community; of Bhilwara; of Suwana; wedding party of
Padma awards
Paliwal, Tikaram
Panagarh,
Panagariya, Arvind (author): birth of; leaving for United States; master’s degree from Jaipur; marrying Amita; Padma Bhushan for; visits to Jaipur
Panagariya, B.L. (Father); coming to Jaipur; death of; illness of; marriage of; and Mehta; retirement of, (see also jobs/assignments); writings of
Panchas, community
Panchayati Raj
Pandit, Vijaya Laxmi
Pant, K.C.
Parishad, Kshatriya
Patel, Sardar Vallabhbhai; inaugurated ‘greater Rajasthan
patronage
peoples’ participation
Podar, Ramnath; and lease for mica mines
Podar School
Post Graduate Institute in Chandigarh
poverty estimates; calorie consumption-based
Praja Mandal; arrest of workers of
Praja Mandal Patrika
Praja Parishads
Prasad, Rajendra
Pratap, Maharana; death of; Chetak of; Sharma and
Premlata (sister of author)
princely states; integration of
Princeton University
principal of Maharana College; fees exemption by; generosity of
private sector, see also jobs/assignments
public money; for public good
Public Service Commission
Public Works Department
Quit India movement
Radhakrishnan, S.
Rajadhiraj of Banera
Rajasthan; creation of; merging of state for
Rajasthan Accounts Services
Rajasthan Administrative Services
Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Rajasthan Chhatra Vikas Sangthan
Rajasthan Economic Association
Rajasthan ka Itihas, by Dr Sharma
Rajasthan ka Itihas, by Panagariya; released by Indira Gandhi; published from State Hindi Granth Academy
Rajasthan Mein Swatantra Sangram, by Panagariya
Rajasthan Patrika
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC)
Rajasthan Secretariat Services
Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Act
Rajmal (grandfather), death of; wedding Dhapubai, see also Dhapubai (grandmother)
‘Rajniketan
Rajpramukh
Rajputana Regional Council
Ramayana
Rashtradoot; article on Maharana Pratap
Ratna Prabha Suri, Acharya
Ravi (brother); with Bachelor of Engineering degree; birth of; oldest brother; ‘Outstanding Engineer’ award for
Reddy, Channa
reet
Revenue Department
robbers
Rotary Club
rural India
rural-oriented Gram Vidyalaya
rural-urban migration
Russell, Bertrand
Rutnagur, Dicky
sacrifice
salaries of court employees, fight for
Salve, N.K.P.
Sampatram
Samvatsari
Sanganer,
Sanga, Rana
Sankrityayan, Rahul
Sarbadhikari, Berry
schooling
Second World War
self-respect
Setalvad, Anand
Sharma, Gopinath
Sharma, Rameshwar
Sharma, Satya Deo
Shastri, Hiralal; as chief minister
Shekhawat, Bhairon Singh
Sheth, Amritlal
Shivaji
Shree Mahaveer Digambar Jain High School
Shrimal CJ of Sikkim
Shvetambar Jains
Shyamaldas
Singh, Bhim, Raja
Singh, Bhupal, Maharana
Singh, Man, Maharaja
Singh, Rajadhiraj Amar
Singh, Udai; death of
Smith, Vincent
Spanish influenza
sports; Border-Gavaskar trophy series; cricket
Sri Prakasa
Srivastava, A.L.
Stafford Cripps Commission
staff welfare officer
State Agro Industries Corporation
State Hindi Granth Academy
State Insurance; as director of; employees’ union strike of
state of Rajasthan; formation of
State Politics in India
Sukhadia, Mohan Lal, Chief Minister; ousting
summer vacations
Suwana; l in Bhilwara district; makeshift school in; post office for; public call office (PCO) for; statue of Paraswanath for; village development of
suzerainty
swimming
Tagore, Rabindranath
television
Thapar, Romila
Times of India
Tod, James
Udaipur; festival of Gangaur in; Lake Pichhola; moving to
Ugamchand; death of
United States; leaving for; parents visit to
United State of Rajasthan (USR)
University of Maryland
University of Rajasthan
urban housing policy
Uttaradhyayan Sutra
Vardhan, Harsha
Venkatachar, C.S.
Verma, Manikya Lal, Prime Minister; government of USR
Vijayaraghavacharya, T., as Prime Minister of Mewar
Vivekananda, Swami
Vizzy (Maharajkumar Vizianagram)
Vyas, Jai Narayan; as chief minister
Vyas, Ramesh Chandra
Wala, Chaganraj Chopasani
wedding ceremonies
zamindaris
ABOUT THE BOOK
In 1946, Baloo Lai Panagariya, then twenty-five years old, arrived in Jaipur to join the editorial staff of the newspaper Lokvani, devoted to exposing the excesses of the British and princely rulers of Rajputana. Though unremarkable in itself, the story behind this event is one of the triumph of human spirit over adversity.
Baloo Lai was born in a remote village in Rajasthan, in a family that could not scrape together two full meals a day. He lost his father at five and mother at fourteen. The village lacked even a primary school. Yet, thanks to the wisdom and sacrifice of his mother and his own perseverance, he completed his education, went on to serve with distinction as a civil servant in the newly formed state of Rajasthan and, after retirement, wrote the first definitive book on the history of the freedom movement in Rajasthan.
In a very real sense, Baloo Lai’s journey from the village of Suwana to the city of Jaipur was a long and arduous one, much more so than that of his own son, decades later from Jaipur to Washington, DC. His success led to more milestones in the next generation, with two of his children being honoured with Padma awards and another with a presidential award.
My Father: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man adds a new dimension to the history of India. It is a reminder that post-independence India was built not just by a handful of leaders working at the top but numerous ordinary citizens who shaped its many contours from below.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ARVIND PANAGARIYA is Professor of Economics and Jagdish N. Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is also Director of the Deepak and Neera Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies at Columbia. He served as the first Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog from January 2015 to August 2017. He holds a PhD in Economics from Princeton University. He is the author of twenty books, among them India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory.
The Government of India honoured Dr Panagariya with the Padma Bhushan in 2012.
Praise for the Book
‘Illuminating and deeply moving, Arvind Panagariya’s My Father traces the progress and upheaval of twentieth-century India through the life of one dedicated civil servant – as Panagariya puts it, an ordinary man living an extraordinary life. Baloo Lal Panagariya’s story, deftly told by his son, is a fascinating tale that spans the personal and the political. An eye-opening read.’
– Shashi Tharoor, member of Parliament and author
‘Arguably the most influential economist on the Indian policy scene today, Arvind Panagariya reveals an astonishing talent for storytelling in this moving portrayal of his grandmother and father. In their grit and determination, which led the family from penury to prosperity, lies an inspirational tale of social mobility available to anyone willing to work for it.’
– Padma Desai, Professor Emerita of Economics, Columbia University, and author
‘A simple, charming, old-fashioned tale of a decent man who struggles to rise from poverty into the middle class, from a pre-modern life to a modern life. Such a person’s life, honestly captured, is not only unique but the only certain data of history we possess.’
– Gurcharan Das, author
‘Arvind Panagariya tells the riveting story of his father who was born in abject poverty in a village, lost his father at five and mother at fourteen, and yet rose up to help build his state. In parallel, he offers a fascinating account of life in the pre- and post-independence Rajasthan and what the freedom movement meant in the nation’s princely states.’
– N.K. Singh, chairman, Fifteenth Finance Commission, and author
‘Truly a masterpiece! The narrative, with India’s evolving history as background, makes for extremely compelling reading. Outside of, maybe, Nirad Chaudhary’s Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, I haven’t read any such personalized story interwoven with the history of India.’
– Pravin Krishna, Chung Ju Yung Distinguished Professor of Economics and Business, Johns Hopkins University
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