Raja Mahendra Pratap: An Undiscovered Legacy

Book Code: 1111036803004

Dr. Toolika Rani, Prof. Madhu Rajput

ABOUT THE BOOK

Raja Mahendra Pratap: An Undiscovered Legacy

He formed the first provisional government of India in 1915 in Afghanistan. That was all most Indians knew about Raja Mahendra Pratap. But archival research on his letters, articles, books and journals, which he wrote in profusion, reveals a much wider persona. The entire gamut of his activities in various fields such as education, the freedom struggle, social work, and world unity painted the figure of a visionary much ahead of his time. A patriot, a freedom fighter, a revolutionary, a visionary, an educationist, a social reformer, a prolific author and an orator, Raja Mahendra Pratap wore many hats simultaneously. But most of these facets of his personality have remained hidden from the history scholars and students, not to mention the general populace of India and the world, as his contribution, for whatever reasons, was represented in only a sketchy manner.

The book Raja Mahendra Pratap: An Undiscovered Legacy by Dr. Toolika Rani and Prof. Madhu Rajput aims to present the erstwhile undiscovered legacy of a genius whose work and message for humanity survives the test of time. It brings to the readers the inner world of Raja Mahendra Pratap, his thoughts, his vision and their relevance in a world that struggles to seek remedies to its self-created miseries. 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dr. Toolika Rani

Dr. Toolika Rani is an ex-Indian Air Force Officer, Mountaineer (Everest Climber), Motivational Speaker (twice TEDx), Bilingual poet, and Assistant Professor of History in D.S.N. Postgraduate College, Unnao (affiliated to CSJM University, Kanpur). Her book ‘Sherpas of Solukhumbu: History and Evolution’ was published in 2023. She has published 15 research papers, and is presently doing a Minor Research Project on Women-Led Development in Tharu Tribe of Lakhimpur Kheri, sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi. She was the G-20 Brand Ambassador of Higher Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh in 2023.

Prof. Madhu Rajput

Prof. Madhu Rajput is former Head, Department of History, University of Lucknow, Lucknow. Her field of specialization is ‘Women Studies’ and South Asia, specifically Bhutan and Nepal. She has authored nine books on Bhutan, Tibetan Diaspora, and North East India and has published 50 papers in various journals and books. Twelve of her articles have also been published in ‘Bhutan Times’ and ‘Tibetan Review’. She has extensively traveled in Bhutan and India and has completed three Major Research Projects on ‘Bhutanese Women’, ‘Bhutanese State, Law and People’, and ‘Tibetan Women Living in Exile in India’.

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