Bibliograph

Rebels against the Raj, Western fighters for India's freedom, Ramachandra Guha

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Rebels against the Raj, Western fighters for India's freedom, Ramachandra Guha

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-457) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rebels against the Raj

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1281793678

Responsibility statement

Ramachandra Guha

Sub title

Western fighters for India's freedom

Summary

An extraordinary history of resistance and the fight for Indian independence-the little-known story of seven foreigners to India who joined the movement fighting for freedom from British colonial rule. Rebels Against the Raj tells the story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement fighting for independence from British colonial rule. Of the seven, four were British, two American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, the emancipation of women, environmentalism. This book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they inspired. Through these entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of the world's finest historians, we reach deep insights into relations between India and the West, and India's story as a country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British colonial rule

Table Of Contents

Mothering India -- Home ruler, congress president -- Freedom-loving Englishman -- Anti-colonial American -- Daughtering Gandhi -- Blowing up India -- Retreat of the matriarch -- Seekers north and south -- The second innings of B.G. Horniman -- Going solo -- Recovering revolutionary -- From Samuel to Satyanand -- The elusive search for 'Bapu Raj' -- Reading from left to right -- A Himalayan heroine -- Keithahn soldiers on -- The last Gandhians

Target audience

adult

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