India's Struggle for Independence (Paperback)

This is the first major study to examine each of the strands of the epic struggle individually and collectively and to present them in a new and coherent narrative. It succeeds in evolving a new and lucid history of the period.Today living in free we have actually forgotten the cost our freedom fighters have paid to achieve this independence. We hardly remember our struggle for freedom but history tells us that it was not achieved in one day. Series of events took place before we realized what freedom is all about. According to history it was the impact of English education in India's Struggle for Independence, which led the foundation and growth of nationalism, which eventually resulted in freedom of thought and expression. Liberalism also came side by side. In the third quarter of the nineteenth century there was a strong reaction against the sweeping current of Western culture and influence. The barrier was mainly due to the growing knowledge of ancient India's rich cultural heritage and glory. It was India's strong past on which Indian nationalism was built. The spirit of Indian nationalism was intensified by the growing discontent and disaffection with British rule due to the racial arrogance of the rulers. The result of those discontents and dissatisfaction among Indians gave rise to the first major mass movement for India's freedom the Revolt of 1857 or the so-called Sepoy Mutiny. The cause behind this mutiny was the discontent and anger in the army. The British rule exploited the economic and administrative part of the country and led to discomfort and anger among the Indian population.

About the Author 

Bipan Chandra (born 1928) is an Indian historian, specialising in economic and political history of modern India.Chandra has been associated with the "Marxist school" of Indian historiography. Presently, he is the Chairman of the National Book Trust, New Delhi  He was a member of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. He was also a Chairperson of CHS, JNU.Chandra was born in Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh. His original surname is Sud, but he decided to exclude it from his said name, in order to uphold his ideologies based on egalitarianism. Incidentally, Chandra married into a prominent Sud family.He was educated at Forman Christian College, Lahore, Stanford University, USA and the University of Delhi, where he completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Bishweshwar Prasad.