A classic text on modern Indian history. Provides a comprehensive and objective account of the colonial period from 1885 to the tragedy of the partition and the coming of political independence.
The author manages to showcase the importance of the pressure from the bottom in the anti-imperialist movements by focussing on the tribal, peasant and the worker struggles, while placing all the movements in their proper social and economic contexts.
A valuable resource on a struggle that is still far from complete. ( )