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Dark Truths

An engaging account of the journey of coal, and its significance in India's history, economy and politics.

In July 1943, if Subhash Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj and the Japanese divisions had launched a combined attack on India's Northeastern states, the British would have been hard pressed to defend them. Reason: a massive flood in the Damodar River had disrupted coal supplies, apart from washing away the

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