![]() ![]() It could be considered as one of the first attempts at historiography from a non-Eurocentric angle. Glimpses of World History, a book written by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1934, is a panoramic sweep of the history of humankind. They reflect the world view of Nehru, and his grasp of history. The letters are written in informal language, with the contemporary and personal events too are mentioned. ![]() It was possible only through knowing the history of the whole world. The Glimpses is one of the first modern attempts at telling the. He wrote about many cultures throughout the globe in detail because, as he himself said, he didn't like the way history was taught in schools where it was confined to the history of a single country and that too narrow, and he wanted his daughter Priyadarshini to know why people did what they did. These letters have been later compiled into a book called the Glimpses of World History. It covers the rise and fall of great empires and civilizations from Greece and Rome to China and West Asia great figures such as Ashoka and Genghis Khan, Gandhi and Lenin wars and revolutions, democracies and dictatorships. Written from prison, where he had no recourse to reference books or a library but his personal notes, Glimpses of World History contains the history of humankind from 6000 BC to the time of writing of the book. He says he is sad about not being able to send her any "material" gift from prison, so he would try to give her something he can "afford", a series of letters from his heart. Glimpses of World History by Jawaharlal Nehru () 2 Paperback 1 offer from 69. The letters, written in a span of thirty months when Nehru was imprisoned in various places by the British, starts off with one he sends to his daughter on her birthday. It is a collection of 196 letters written between 1930-1933, as an introduction to the world history to his daughter Indira, then thirteen years old. The photo is part of a collection donated by John Wood to the Louisiana Area Historical Museum. Glimpses of World History, a book written by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1934, is a panoramic sweep of the history of humankind. Clarence Smith, left, and Chester McEvery stand on Santa Claus Rock atop 705-foot Buffalo Knob southeast of Louisiana in 1925 near what is now Missouri Highway 79 next to the Dyno Nobel plant. ![]()
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