India's Struggle for Independence, 1857-1947

By:

Chandra, Bipan

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TextPublication details: New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1989.Description: 600 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

0140107819
9780140107814

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DDC classification:

954.03 CHA/I

Contents:

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.

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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.

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