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India’s struggle for independence-Bipin Chandra

INTRODUCTION

1. THE FIRST MAJOR CHALLENGE: THE REVOLT OF 1857

2. CIVIL REBELLIONS AND TRIBAL UPRISINGS

3. PEASANT MOVEMENTS AND UPRISINGS AFTER 1857

4. FOUNDATION OF THE CONGRESS: THE MYTH

5. FOUNDATION OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS: THE REALITY

6. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORMS AND THE NATIONAL AWAKENING

7. AN ECONOMIC CRITIQUE OF COLONIALISM

8. THE FIGHT TO SECURE PRESS FREEDOM

9. PROPAGANDA IN THE LEGISLATURES

10. THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT— 1903-08

11. THE SPLIT IN THE CONGRESS AND THE RISE OF REVOLUTIONARY TERRORISM

12. WORLD WAR I AND INDIAN NATIONALISM: THE GHADAR

13. THE HOME RULE MOVEMENT AND ITS FALLOUT

14. GANDHIJI‘S EARLY CAREER AND ACTIVISM

15. THE NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT— 1920-22

16. PEASANT MOVEMENTS AND NATIONALISM IN THE 1920’S

17. THE INDIAN WORKING CLASS AND THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT

18. THE STRUGGLES FOR GURDWARA REFORM AND TEMPLE ENTRY