- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books (23 Nov 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140107819
- ISBN-13: 978-0140107814
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14 x 3.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 286,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a study of India's independence movement, from an abortive revolt against the British in 1857 through the times which eventually lead to Indian Independence in 1947 seen from the Indian point of view. The book is based on primary sources, hundreds of interviews with those who took part in the struggle for freedom, and presents new information on the formation of the Indian National Congress and the British response to various uprisings. It also examines the personalities and influence of the leaders of the time and evolves a new and coherent view of the history of the period.
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Informative, though a little skewed
6 Feb 2001
Bipan Chandra has provided a wealth of facts relating to the Indian Independence movement, making it an excellent ready reference for each of the milestones - The peasant uprisings, the Civil Disobedience Movement, the Salt March, the Quit India Movement etc are discussed in separate chapters in a way so as to provide most of the relevant facts - dates, names, places, etc. - while keeping a thread running through the narrative. Where this book is a trifle disappointing is in its treatment of communalism and the role of the Indian National Congress. Communalism has been squarely blamed on the British, while the failures of the Comgress have been mentioned only in passing and in a vaguely apologist tone, as a result of which the defining event of the subcontinent's history - Partition - is not analysed in the detail I would have liked. However, it has been extremely well researched, and has a useful chapterwise bibliography, making it very useful for students as well as those interested in reading up about Indian independence
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