By an Indian politician and social activist; includes some of his letters in appendices (p. 169-212).

Leaves from a Diary contains the autobiographical writings of the prominent political personality and well-known parliamentarian Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. His writings in Englisha nd the English translation of some of his Bengali writings chronicle important events of the period betweeen 1937 and early 1946.

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