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This book examines the history of prison and prisoners in colonial India. Based
on substantial archival research, it presents the conditions of the prisoners,
their vision for the freedom movement and the various aspects of prisons in the
subcontinent. By focusing on the lives and motivations of select prisoners, it
places their lived experiences within the larger rubric of Indian nationalism
and explores the notions of the political, protest and resistance during the
first half of the twentieth century. The work also deals with issues such as the
differences between Indian and European prisons as well as the conception of
criminal classes in the colony. It therefore
This book examines the history of prison and prisoners in colonial India. Based
on substantial archival research, it presents the conditions of the prisoners,
their vision for the freedom movement and the various aspects of prisons in the
subcontinent. By focusing on the lives and motivations of select prisoners, it
places their lived experiences within the larger rubric of Indian nationalism
and explores the notions of the political, protest and resistance during the
first half of the twentieth century. The work also deals with issues such as the
differences between Indian and European prisons as well as the conception of
criminal classes in the colony. It therefore