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Uncertain Glory? India’s Achievements in Perspective

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2015

Steven I. Wilkinson
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 2015 , pp. 1087 - 1096
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