About the Book: Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom
The history of Indias struggle for freedom is usually told from the perspective
of the non-violent movement. Yet, the story of armed resistance to colonial
occupation is just as important. Names such as Vinayak Savarkar, Aurobindo
Ghosh, Rashbehari Bose, Bagha Jatin, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Bhagat Singh,
Chandrashekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose are still widely remembered. Their
story is almost always presented as acts of individual heroism and not as part
of a wider movement that had any overarching strategy or significant impact on
the overall struggle for Independence.
In reality, the revolutionaries were part