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100			_aSanyal, Sanjeev
245			_aRevolutionaries : _bthe other story of how India won its freedom _cby Sanjeev Sanyal
260			_aHaryana : _bHarperCollins, _c©2023
300			_axii, 351 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c 22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_t1. THE AGE OF REVOLUTION _t2. BHAWANI MANDIR _t3. INDIA HOUSE _t4. THE GHADAR _t5. KALA PAANI _t6. THE HINDUSTAN REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION _t7. CHITTAGONG _t8. 'ONE MORE FIGHT. THE LAST AND THE BEST'
520			_aThe official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent political movement led by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress. However, it is Sanjeev Sanyal's contention that there was a continuous parallel armed struggle against British colonial rulers that can be traced to the very beginning of colonial occupation. It abated for a while after the First War of Indian Independence in 1857, but re-emerged from the beginning of the twentieth century. It is not that people are unaware of Rashbehari Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sachindra Nath Sanyal and Subhas Chandra Bose, but the impression one gets from reading historical accounts is that theirs were individual acts of courage that did not have an impact on the larger Independence movement. However, this is not the entire picture, as the revolutionary struggle operated through a conscious network that sustained armed resistance against the British for over half a century. They had well-developed institutions, thinkers and wide popular support. Indeed, as Subhas Bose demonstrated, they were capable of defeating popular candidates in the Congress's internal elections. In Revolutionaries, Sanyal examines India's freedom struggle from the revolutionary perspective, how the baton was passed from one generation to the next, and, ultimately, why the British were forced to leave India. The book presents an exciting story that interweaves intrigue, high drama, assassination, global espionage and treachery with the courage and heroism of the revolutionaries.
650			_aAutonomy and independence movements.
650			_aIndia -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
650			_aRevolutionaries -- India.
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