RAJ TO SWARAJ

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The saga of the Indian National Movement, with its unique leadership and ideological foundation, continues to engage those interested in the history of India. Raj to Swaraj: A Textbook on Colonialism and Nationalism in India takes its readers through the panorama of modern Indian history, with all its trials and tribulations, and keeps it intellectually stimulating all through the narrative. This textbook for students attempts to present its case, free from ideological biases. The result of a lifelong engagement with teaching and research, this book incorporates the sharp classroom debates and analysis of bright and committed students, thus enriching its formulations and interpretations. It provides a fresh look at the national struggle for independence and attempts to provoke, promote and unleash, critical and creative thinking among the student community. In the process, it seeks to relieve them from the drudgery of working as intellectual foot soldiers to the authorities in our

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Ram Chandra Pradhan, a well-known scholar and social activist, taught for four decades at Ramjas College, University of Delhi. Dr Pradhan has been a senior Fulbright Fellow (1979-80) and an Indo-Canadian Shastri Fellow (1993). He has recently completed a full-length study of Mahatma Gandhi and is at present engaged in a multi-volume study of the Indian Socialist Movement.Table of ContentsPart I: The British Challenge and the Indian Response • The Story of the British Conquest of India • Impact of British Rule on Indian Agriculture • Impact of British Rule on Indian Industries • Impact of British Rule on the Socio-Cultural Life of India • Indian Responses to the British Challenge • Part II: The Mainstream of the Indian National Movement • Founding of the Indian National Congress • The Moderates and the Indian Freedom Struggle • Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement • The Extremists and the Indian Freedom Struggle • The Home Rule Movement: An Appraisal • Lucknow Pact • Khilafat Movement • Non-Cooperation Movement • Swaraj Party • Simon Commission • Nehru Report • Civil Disobedience Movement • The Gandhi-Irwin Pact • The Round Table Conference • Communal Award • The Act of 1935 and the Indian Freedom Movement • Quit India Movement • Mahatma Gandhi’s Contributions to the Freedom Struggle in India • Part III: The Minor Streams of the Indian National Movement • Role of the Communist Party of India in the Indian Freedom Struggle • The Congress Socialist Party and the Indian Freedom Struggle • Peasant Movements and the Indian Freedom Struggle • Trade Union Movement and the Indian Freedom Struggle • Tribal Movements and the Indian Freedom Struggle • Role of Women in the Indian National Movement • The Backward Classes, the Depressed Classes Movement and the Indian Freedom Struggle • Princely India and the Freedom Movement • Part IV: Armed Rebellion and the Indian National Movement • Armed Revolutionary Movement and the Indian Freedom Struggle • The Ghadar Party and its Role in the Indian Freedom Struggle • The Revolutionary Movement 1925-1934 • The Indian National Army and India’s Struggle for Independence • Part V: Towards Independence and Partition • The Cripps Mission • The Cabinet Mission Plan • The Mountbatten Plan and the Partition of India • Muslim Separatism and the Indian Freedom Movement: A Historical Survey • The Partition of India: An Overview • Appendices • Index