India's Struggle for Independence

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A brilliant study of India's struggle for independence that makes extensive wse of primary sources and the latest research to come up with a fresh and originál view of one of the biggest mass movements in recent times. India's struggle for independence has been studied before but this is the first major study to examine every one of the varied strands of the epic struggle individually and collectively and present it in a new and coherent narrative and analytical framework. Basing themselves on oral (the authors interviewed several hundred freedom fighters to gather material for the book) and other primary sources and years of research, the authors take the reader through every step of the independence struggle from the abortive Re volt of 1857 to the final victory in 1947. Unlike conventional histories, this study not only documents the role of the Indián National Congress and of major leaders like Gandhi, Nehru, Tila k and Jinnah in the freedom movement but alsó analyses the role... Tovább

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A brilliant study of India's struggle for independence that makes extensive wse of primary sources and the latest research to come up with a fresh and originál view of one of the biggest mass movements in recent times. India's struggle for independence has been studied before but this is the first major study to examine every one of the varied strands of the epic struggle individually and collectively and present it in a new and coherent narrative and analytical framework. Basing themselves on oral (the authors interviewed several hundred freedom fighters to gather material for the book) and other primary sources and years of research, the authors take the reader through every step of the independence struggle from the abortive Re volt of 1857 to the final victory in 1947. Unlike conventional histories, this study not only documents the role of the Indián National Congress and of major leaders like Gandhi, Nehru, Tila k and Jinnah in the freedom movement but alsó analyses the role of other important strands such as the Revolutionary Terrorists, Socialists and Communists, the States' People's movements, social reform and communalism, and the contributions of various social groups and classes including the tribals, peasants, workefs and capitalists. More important, while incorporating existing historiographical advances, it evolves a new and lucid view of the history of the period which will endure. 'The book is history writing at its best'-Sunday Mail Vissza