A Dictionary of Freedom Fighters

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The saga of India's freedom struggle has all the ingredients of an epic story which is liable for more than one interpretation. The present study on India's freedom fighters recalls the role of leadership in the freedom struggle. It deals with the profiles of more than two hundred pioneers who made valuable contributions to the growth of nationalist movement. The book has exhaustive sections on the history of freedom struggle as well as a chronology of the most important dates and events. It is hoped that this exercise would help the readers to understand the role of each freedom fighter in a proper historical setting.

V.P. Gupta: A former Professor at Delhi University, he has acted as an Editorial Consultant and translated/authored over hundred books including a series of encyclopedias and reference works.

Mohini Gupta: An author in her own right, Mohini Gupta has constantly assisted her husband V.P Gupta in his intellectual pursuits. Her studies of national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, B.R Ambedkar, Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Subhas Bose have been well- received in academic circles. In her Fifty Years of Indian Freedom she has presented a penetrating analysis of major social and economic developments since independence.

The story of India's freedom struggle is an epic which must be told and retold to succeeding generations. The most important relevant questions in the study of India's freedom struggle are three: (1) Why India lost her freedom in spite of a rich and ancient civilization, vastness of the country and a massive population? (2) How India achieved her freedom overcoming all the obstacles? (3) How this freedom can be preserved?

The present study is a modest attempt to attend to these questions. It is divided into three sections. Section One deals with the history of freedom struggle, its various phases and the circumstances leading to independence and partition Section Two recalls the role of leadership in the freedom struggle, presenting profiles of more than two hundred freedom fighters who made valuable contributions to the growth of nationalist movement resulting in freedom. Section Three provides a chronology of freedom struggle from 1757 to 1947 The authors have given short comments on some of the major developments during this period It is hoped that the general readers as well as the serious students desirous to know something of the epic struggle will find the book useful.

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