Dr. S.D. Sharma will be 74 on August 19, 1992, has been in politics since 1940. He took an active part with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in the Quit India Movement. He was Chief Minister of Bhopal from 1952 to 1956. He was Union Minister in the Central Government. He also became President of the Congress Party. He was Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra, before he was elected Vice-President of India in August 1987. As such, he was played a long and distinguished career. The book is an attempt at analysis as well as a mere biographical narrative; a gathering of sources and an interpretation rather than a reminiscence or revealation, though it contains a great amount of new and fresh approach. But it does not pretend to be a full-dress biography, for such a work we shall have to wait the slow sifting of years of scholarship. What I have written, sizeable as it may seem, is little more than a preliminary sketch, an appraisal from a political point of view. It is a fact that no reasonably full biography exist in point to-day of the only man ever to be elected. I talked to a few close associates for Dr. Sharma who has known him well-or slightly. The testimony of a servant in Bombay was often as illuminating as that if a Cabinet member. I also proceeded to read as widely as possible, big up old newspaper and magazine files, consult the official records, and knit the results together. I have read all the relevant materials. I got much more from people than from books, much more by ear than from eye. My real source is a long list of men and women. Some material was confidential as to source. To all those who helped me, let me say warm thanks. When I began writing after a few days research I thought in terms of a comparatively brief character sketch, nothing more. Then I found out that to explain the character I had to proceed to a longer account of the main elements of Dr. Sharma's life as well. I tried to invite as objectively as possible, and always from the point of view of hoping to get at the bottom of the mysterious and contradictions if his personality, his root qualities and basic sources of power. So let us proceed and explore and try to take Dr. Sharma apart and then put him together again, and see what kind of picture may be built up of Dr. Sharma, the President, Dr. Sharma the man, and so, however tentatively, and inadequately, pin something of his great substance against the wall of time.

History of Modern India as a paper is being taught at the graduate and post graduate level in almost all the Indian universities and institutions. This book is designed to provide complete knowledge of social, political, economic and cultural aspects of History of Modern India. The main topics dealt in this book are-Education Policy of British and Impact on economy; National Movement Struggle; Swarajya Party ; Rise of Left Parties; Civil Disobedience Movement; Extremist Movement; The Montague Chelmsford Reform; Wavell Plan; Mountbatten Plan; Nehru Report; Leaders of Gandhi Era & Indian Arts; Farmer Movement; Growth of Muslims Separatism; Constitution of Indian Republic; etc.

History of Medieval India as a paper is being taught at the graduate and post graduate level in almost all the Indian Universities and Institutions. This book is designed as a dependable textbook in Medieval history of India. The major topics dealt in this book are- Mughal Administration and Religious Policies; The Decline of Mughal Empire; Rise of Maratha Power Under Peshwas; Rise of Sikh Power; Rise of Ranjit Singh; The Anglo-French Conflict in India; The British Conquest of Bengal; British Policy in India (1818-1851); Constitutional Development; Revolt of 1857; The Policies of the Association (1851-1855); The Growth of Nationalism; India and Neighbours (1818-1885).

History of Ancient India as a paper is being taught at the graduate and post graduate level in almost all the Indian Universities and Institutions. This book is designed to provide complete knowledge of social, political, economic and cultural aspects of History of Ancient India. The major topics dealt in this book are-History of Ancient Indian Sub-continent; Harappan Civilisation; Vedic Life; Jainism and Buddhism; Later Vedic Period and the Epic Age; Republics and Kingdoms (6th Century-4th Century B.C.); Persian and Greek Invasions; Mauryan Rule; Era of Asoka; Post-Mauryan Time; Gupta Rule; Era of Harshavardhan; Political and Cultural Conditions in Southern Peninsula (550-750 A.D.); the Rajput Period (From 650 to 712 A.D.); Condition of Northern India (1000-1200 A.D.); Kingdoms iin South; Invasion of Turks; Foundation of the Delhi Sultanate; Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate; Babur (1526-1530 A.D. Humayun (1530-1540 A.D.); Sher Shah and the Sur Empire (1540-1555 A.D.); etc.