India's Struggle for Independence, 1857-1947
- New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1989.
- 600 p. ; 20 cm.
First published in Viking by Penguin Books India 1988.
The first major challenge: the revolt of 1857 -- Civil rebellions and tribal uprisings -- Peasant movements and uprisings after 1857 -- Foundations of the Congress: the myth -- Foundation of the Indian National Congress: the reality -- Socio-religious reforms and the national awakening -- An economic critique of colonialism -- The fight to secure press freedom -- propaganda in the legislatures -- The Swadeshi movement -- 1903-1908 -- The split in the Congress and the rise of revolutionary terrorism -- World War I and Indian nationalism: The Ghadar -- The home rule movement and its fallout -- Gandhiji's early career and activism -- The non-cooperation movement -- 1920-1922 -- Peasant movements and nationalism in the 1920s -- The Indian working class and the national movement -- The struggles for Gurdwara reform and temple entry -- The years of stagnation -- Swarajists, No-changers and Gandhiji -- Bhagat Singh, Surya Sen and the revolutionary terrorists -- The gathering storm -- 1927-1929 -- Civil disobedience -- 1930-1932 -- From Karachi to Wardha: the years from 1932-1934 -- The rise of the left-wing -- The strategic debate -- 1934-1937 -- Twenty-eight months of Congress rule -- Peasant movements in the 1930s and '40s -- The freedom struggle in princely India -- Indian capitalists and the national movement -- The development of a nationalist foreign policy -- The rise and growth of communalism -- Communalism -- the liberal phase -- Jinnah, Golwalkar and extreme communalism -- The crisis at Tripuri to the Cripps mission -- The Quit India movement and the INA -- Post-war national upsurge -- Freedom and partition -- The long-term strategy of the national movement.