Sixteen Stormy Days

Sixteen Stormy Days: The Story of the First Amendment to the Constitution of India is the non-fiction book written by historian Tripurdaman Singh and published by Penguin Random House in February 2020.[1] Book has 288 pages.[1]

Zareer Masani, writing for the Open, called the book as "concise", "very readable" and "exhaustively researched".[2] Masani wrote that Singh has deftly painted the picture of the "disparate opposition" which the bill had provoked.[2] He also wrote that author has dismissed the tendency of the historians to blame colonial governments for the emergency power instead sedition was outcome of the first amendment.[2] Somak Ghosal, writing for LiveMint, called Singh's analysis of the events leading to "radical turnout" and "compelling reading".[3]

Soni Mishra, over the review in The Week, wrote that book "brings out the furore that the amendment gave rise to" and added that it represents the "first battle of Indian liberalism".[4]

Reviewing for The Sunday Guardian, M.D. Nalapat had said that book would have never been allowed to get distributed in India during the Nehru's rule because of criticism.[5] Amrinder Singh, in a review published in The Tribune, called the book as ""expertly researched, concise and readable, unburdened by the legal intricacies of various cases".[6]

It was listed as the Read of the Week by Deccan Herald from 19 to 26 January 2020.[7] Firstpost also listed it in the Books of the Week on 2 February 2020.[8]