Nehru's First Recruits by Kallol Bhattacherjee

Following India's independence, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was confronted with the enormous challenge of reconstructing a new nation from the rubble of conflict, starvation, and division among communities.

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The creation of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was one of his major administrative reforms. "Nehru's First Recruits: The Diplomats Who Built Independent India's Foreign Policy", written by Kallol Bhattacherjee, was inspired by the documentation of these trailblazing diplomats that was made in 1958, the year the IFS positions were finally filled. In the book, Author Kallol Bhattacherjee offers an enlightening glimpse at the life of the first Indian ambassadors to represent the country on the international arena. He emphasizes personalities such as Brajesh Mishra, who opened co