HONEST JOHN : (Record no. 761805)
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| fixed length control field | 01891nam a22001937a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780143468493 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Classification number | 954.04 |
| Item number | DAD-H |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | DADABHOY,BAKHTIAR K. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | HONEST JOHN : |
| Sub Title | A LIFE OF JOHN MATTHAI / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | BY BAKHTIAR K. DADABHOY |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | INDIA : |
| Name of publisher | PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE , |
| Year of publication | 2025 . |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 396p.; |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | John Matthai was independent India’s first railways and transport minister. Later, he was India’s second finance minister but resigned due to his differences with Pandit Nehru over the Planning Commission. Matthai served in important position in the Tatas and was a friend and confidant of J.R.D. Tata. He was chairman of the Taxation Enquiry Commission (1953), which provided a framework for the future tax policies of the government. Matthai was the first chairman of the State Bank of India of the court of governors of the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, and of the National Book Trust. He was also the founder-president of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi.<br/><br/>Drawing from numerous primary and secondary sources this comprehensive biography introduces Matthai to a new generation, even as it rekindles the memory of a man who has become the victim of collective amnesia. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, it also provides a window to that period in history: Matthai’s life and work provide a picture of those tumultuous times as well as describe the thinking that went into the making of modern India. This biography fills an important gap by throwing light on one of the more substantial, but now forgotten men, in the public life of those times. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | IN ENGLISH |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | BIOGRAPHY |
| -- | MODERN INDIAN HISTORY |
| -- | POLICAL OR ECONOMIC BIOGRAPHY |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | DADABHOY,BAKHTIAR K. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | TEXT | Dept. of Arabic | Dept. of Arabic | General Stacks | 27/07/2026 | 999.00 | 954.04 DAD-H | ARA11728 | 27/07/2026 | Book |