Freedom Struggle Betrayed: India 1885-1947 [2 ed.]

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Freedom Struggle Betrayed: India 1885-1947 [2 ed.]

Table of contents :
Preface to the First Edition 3
Preface to the Second Edition 5
I. Birth and Nurturing 6
II. Congress and Swadeshi 22
III. World War I; Threat of Revolution; Entry of the Mahatma 35
IV. Rowlatt Movement and Congress Satyagraha 47
V. From Non-Cooperation to Chauri Chaura 52
VI. Congress in the Councils; Masses in the Streets 58
VII. 1928-29 Worker-Peasant Upsurge and Congress 62
VIII. Struggle Within Congress Against the Leadership 68
IX. The Shaping of Jawaharlal 72
X. 'Complete Independence' Slogan Betrayed 77
XI. 1934-37: Congress Cultivates a Radical Image 90
XII. 1937-39: Junior Partners in the Raj 99
XIII. 1942: Who Scuttled the Quit India Movement? 106
XIV. New Raj in the Making 122
XV. Divide, Slaughter and Rule 134
XVI. Telangana: Glimmerings of a New Democracy 141
XVII. “Not Even the Shadow" 146
XVIII. In Sum 160

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