
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, external affairs minister of India, had released the book on 12 February 2020. Then he became the important civil servant during the British Raj and later played major part in political integration of India. Later, he sold towels in the Mumbai and then he got temporary government job as a typist. He left the school and home before the matriculation and started working as coolie in the Kolar gold mines. Menon came from the humble family which had roots in the Kerala. Vappala Pangunni Menon was the Indian civil servant who is popularly known as right hand of Sardar Patel in political integration of princely states to India. Menon, and it is published by Simon & Schuster India. Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India is written by historian and analyst Narayani Basu, great-granddaughter of V. Menon, an Indian civil servant who assisted Sardar Patel in the political integration of India, and was one of the founders of Swatantra Party which advocated free market policies. Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India is a non-fiction book by Indian historian Narayani Basu, published by Simon & Schuster India in 2020. Menon: The Unsung Architect Of Modern India You can change these settings by clicking “Ad Choices / Do not sell my info” in the footer at any time.2020 biography by Narayani Basu V. Please note that you will still see advertising, but it will not be personalised to you. You can choose not to receive personalised ads by clicking “Reject data collection and continue” below. Read more about how we personalise ads in the BBC and our advertising partners.


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