Chandra, Bipan

Essays on Indian Nationalism by Bipan Chandra - 2nd ed. - New Delhi Har-Ananad Publications Pvt. Ltd. 1999 - 244p. 24 cm.

Includes index.

PART I: THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT: Freedom movements vision of independent India -- Radicalism of the Indian struggle against Imperialism -- The legacy of the freedom struggle -- Social basis of Indian Nationalism -- Splits in the Congress- in a historical perspective -- Early nationalists, colonialism and industrial development -- The role of secular nationalism -- PART II: GANDHIJI: Gandhiji- some lesser known facts -- The ever changing Gandhi -- Gandhiji as a leader of the masses -- Gandhi-Nehru relationship -- Gandhi and Subhas -- Gandhiji and secularism -- Gandhi and Ambedkar- attitude towards caste system -- PART III: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU: The legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru -- Jawaharlal Nehru and nationalism -- Nehru and democracy -- Nehru and the strategy of the National Movement -- Political thought of Jawaharlal Nehru -- Nehru and nation-building -- Nehru and communalism -- Nehru's sense of history -- PART IV: MISCELLANEOUS: Sardar Patel- a re-evaluation -- An interview with B. T. Ranadive -- S. A. Dange- an interview -- Bhagat Singh and communalism and religion

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History--India--1858-1947
History

Period of control by crown

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