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Chandra Bipin : India's Struggle for Independence
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The book is quit intense , It's has 39 chapters and almost all catering to distinct events . After reading i am embarrassed to admit how less i knew about our freedom struggle . It's isn't a GK book with who when what sort of details ,though much more than it . It gives you the big picture and attempts to answer the obvious whys .Its sad that some of the fundamental ideas of the book will be limited to the audience of the book , i believe school kids should be exposed to some of the ideas albeit...more
Its a beautiful account of the national movement that culminated in a free and independent india.
The author is definitely not balanced in his analysis, glossing over all the mistakes, bad decisions, character flaws of the leaders; not mentioning or highlighting the role of a few very important figures like Mr Amberdkar etc. Flaws plenty, it nevertheless is a very powerful account and I recommend it to everyone.
I especially loved the chapters explaining the phenomenon of communalism and the one o...more
The author is definitely not balanced in his analysis, glossing over all the mistakes, bad decisions, character flaws of the leaders; not mentioning or highlighting the role of a few very important figures like Mr Amberdkar etc. Flaws plenty, it nevertheless is a very powerful account and I recommend it to everyone.
I especially loved the chapters explaining the phenomenon of communalism and the one o...more
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The book is amazing...Though its a history book, the author at every moment has compared the work done by other authors on the respective subject. Also a fine critique of the work of other aurhors is given.
But there were few things which i didn't like in the book was..
* The author seems to me as a big fan of gandhi. The author at every mistake has defended gandhi, though sometimes allegations are too obvious and defending them was easy..but sometimes I feel as if the author is coming with his o...more
But there were few things which i didn't like in the book was..
* The author seems to me as a big fan of gandhi. The author at every mistake has defended gandhi, though sometimes allegations are too obvious and defending them was easy..but sometimes I feel as if the author is coming with his o...more
I found the book a bit too biased towards Congress. The perspective is clearly on Gandhi and Nehru, not paying much regard to others like Bhagat Singh, Azad, Subhash Chandra Bose, Rajagopalachari, etc.
However, the book is a delight to read mainly because it has given the basic facts a detailed look and explained things to their core. Thumbs up!!
However, the book is a delight to read mainly because it has given the basic facts a detailed look and explained things to their core. Thumbs up!!
Nice book from 1857 to 1947 history of India.
Has gone above academic style and delve more into circumstantial understanding.
But due to that, yes finer details are missed.
Good for understanding gross picture and an ideological march of civilisation.
Helps to build basic concept and grasp over principles underlying social movements
Has gone above academic style and delve more into circumstantial understanding.
But due to that, yes finer details are missed.
Good for understanding gross picture and an ideological march of civilisation.
Helps to build basic concept and grasp over principles underlying social movements
The ultimate authority on pre-Independence India. Amazingly well presented - the best book I've read on the topic. Not only is it a broad sweep of all the events from 1857-1947, it also looks into various social and religious groups chartering their evolution. The chapters on the rise of religion and fundamentalism were a revelation.
Very comprehensive and informative. Only one disappointment is the way they ended the book and they didn't put much information from 1942 QUIT India movement - 1947. Apart from this, this book is excellent to know about great personalities and about our struggle for Independence.
Its not a history of India's struggle for independence...but history of Congress masquerading as India sole mover for independence.......a good intro for a layperson not acquainted with the diversity called India and its struggle.
Superb!
Beautifully written (has a pace of a good fiction book!), well researched and very insightful! Gives you feel of 'India-in-the-making' and the hard fought struggle for our independence.
A must read!
Beautifully written (has a pace of a good fiction book!), well researched and very insightful! Gives you feel of 'India-in-the-making' and the hard fought struggle for our independence.
A must read!
Indian modern history has never been so interesting for me before. This book presents it in very descriptive and linked form.Nice book but i must say its totally pro-congress.
a lot of people really don't know many things about our struggle for freedom and many freedom fighters who are undermasked and contributed to our freedom
This book is a good book to get an overview of the whole struggle to get independence. it covers all the movements etc startinf from 1857.
A must read. However, would suggest to read more if you want to read on this topic and understand the truth.
Felt let down compared to the expectations this book had built up
Very good one....but biased to congress leaders...
Couldn't stop reading it !!!!
Very well written but cannot discount the Congress bias that runs right through. Overall, great intro to India's Independence struggle.
A great supplement for preparation of civil services & o
likewise.Well written composition of best historians.
likewise.Well written composition of best historians.
Good book to know Modern India History...
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