Description
This is a set of two books.
The book aims to capture this sentiment and describes in detail how over a period of time the Independence Movement took shape which finally led to the Transfer of Power in August,1947. It has been the aim of the author to bring under one roof a detailed study of the major events that did contribute to India winning her freedom.
This book will go a long way in providing the reader with a broad overview of the freedom movement which involved both the Revolutionaries and the followers of non-violence.
To this end, the author has made every effort to take the help of as many resources as he could and to facilitate any further study a detailed Bibliography has been provided with. A detailed description of events in British India, London and all over the world during World War 1 and 2 and in the intervening period has been provided. At the same time, the role of the Indian National Army under Netaji Subhas Bose has been highlighted.
The fact that the British were unsure of the allegiance of the British India Army forcing them to decide to leave India has been brought to the fore. Thus, various facts of which many Indians are unaware of with regards to The Journey to India’s Freedom have been discussed with the intention that the UNTOLD STORY be revealed to them.
The important role played by the REVOLUTIONARIES have been mentioned in detail to break the MYTH that Indian Independence was won on the basis of a NON-VIOLENT STRUGGLE. At the end, it was through the EFFORTS OF ALL that FREEDOM DAWNED ON INDIA.
Publisher : Gurucool Publishing ; Pages : 910; Two Volumes; Paperback.
Appreciation for the book by Dr. T. Hanuman Chowdhary ( Padma Sri Awardee ) :
Dr Raja Bhaumik’s two-Volume, 846 pages book “ Journey to India’s Freedom: 1858-1948:
An Untold Story” is an extraordinary book because the author is not a professional historian but practising medical doctor who influenced by the phenomenon of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA and inquisitive ( credulous) about the officially propagated fable about his death in an aircraft crash undertook to study the prominent persons and their roles in India’s journey to freedom from the British colonial rule based on documents related to and emanating from the prominent persons – Vice Roy cum Governors General , leaders of the INC and its offshoots like Swaraj Party; Muslim League and other Muslim parties ; Hindu Mahasabha;
Akali Dal .
While professional historians, especially the Marxists of JNU and their cohorts in the Alighar Muslim University (AMU) presented events and interpreted them in the light of their ideologies and agendas. Dr Bhaumik wrote the facts, leaving interpretation and conclusions to the reader. That shows intellectual honesty and independent study.
The contents of Dr Raja Bhaumik’s two volumes are authenticated by extensive bibliography covering 102 books , 23 PDF sources and 103 articles on the Internet. I have an extensive collection of books referring to India’s struggle for freedom, especially the three-volume “ the History of the Indian National Congress “ by one of its great leaders and once President of the Congress , Dr B Pattabhi Sitaramaiah; who like Dr K M Munshi with his two-volume “Pilgrimage to Freedom” was also an important participant in the pilgrimage. Dr Raja Bhaumik’s book will be a valuable addition to my as well as anybody’s collection of books on history.
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