This book examines the role western-education and social standing played in the
development of Indian nationalism in the early twentieth century. It highlights
the influences that education abroad had on a significant proportion of the
Indian population. A large number of Indian students - including key figures
such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Jawaharlal Nehru -
took up prominent positions in government service, industry or political
movements after having spent their student years in Britain before the Second
World War. Having reaped the benefits of the British educational system, they
spearheaded movements in India that sought to gain independence from British
rule. The author analyses