Writings
His books evoked critical response owing to his being insider of power politics in period after Nehru's death. He wrote
- Living an Era:India's March to freedom (Part one of Memoirs covering period up to 1947)
- The Nehru Epoch:From Democracy to Monocracy (Part two of memoirs critiquing time from 1947 to 1964)
- The Post Nehru Era:Political Memoirs (Third and concluding part of memoirs showing India in post nehru era up to 1980s)
- The search for Lanka(Famous for proposing the thesis that Ramayana's Lanka was in Madhya Pradesh instead of Srilanka)
His memoirs became controversial as they included a letter from Patel to Mishra dated to July 1946 criticising Nehru for "Juvenile Mistakes". Congress members questioned authenticity of letter as well as Mishra's motives and timing of revelation.
He was also active in the struggle for Indian independence and went to jail for the cause, for the first time aged 19 in 1920.
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