India's struggle for Independence 1857-1947 / by Bipan Chandra ... [et al.].

Includes bibliography, notes and index.

The first Major Challenge: the revolt of 1857 -- Civil rebellions and Tribal uprisings -- Peasant movement and uprisings after 1857 -- Foundation 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 Gurudwara 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 -- The Indian National Movement: the ideological dimension