Mahatma Among the Revolutionaries Disturbed India of the 1920s
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
03.01.2026
Verlag
Tellwell TalentSeitenzahl
424
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/2,5 cm
Gewicht
595 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-83418-608-5
"2,000 INDIANS SHOT DOWN" - Daily Express, December 13, 1919. What happened next is the story you were never fully told. In the turbulent decade that followed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, India did not have one freedom movement. It had two - and they were in fierce competition with each other. While Gandhi mobilised millions through nonviolence, ahimsa, and the Salt March, a parallel army of armed revolutionaries - Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Prafulla Chandra Chaki, and others - were robbing trains, assassinating colonial officers, and making British rule increasingly untenable. Gandhi was not the undisputed leader of the Indian independence movement. He was the exception within it. In Mahatma Among the Revolutionaries, historian Vivek Verma restores the full, contested picture of 1920s India - a decade of moral debate, strategic collision, and extraordinary courage from figures that history has largely chosen to forget. - "Impressively researched, nuanced, and engaging." - Kirkus Reviews, GET IT Verdict, April 2026 - "Indispensable for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the forces that shaped modern India." - Indian Book Critics - "It does not tell readers what to think. It asks them to think again." - Read by Critics Perfect for readers of Indian history, the British Raj, and the anticolonial independence movement Comprehensive glossary of Hindi and Urdu terminology - accessible for diaspora and Western readers 424 pages of solidly cited, accessible narrative history - no academic jargon Published January 2026 | Available in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle As India's former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said: "The ultimate justification of Gandhi is that he showed how armed strength could be matched without arms." This book shows the armed strength he was matched against. If you've ever felt that the story of Indian independence was too neat, too simple, or missing half its characters - this is the book you have been waiting for.
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