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The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom

Palagummi Sainath
4.32/5 (124 ratings)
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So who really spearheaded India’s Freedom Struggle? Millions of ordinary people—farmers, labourers, homemakers, forest produce gatherers, artisans and others—stood up to the British. People who never went on to be ministers, governors, presidents, or hold other high public office.

They had this in common: their opposition to Empire was uncompromising.

In The Last Heroes, these foot soldiers of Indian freedom tell us their stories. The men, women and children featured in this book are Adivasis, Dalits, OBCs, Brahmins, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. They hail from different regions, speak different languages and include atheists and believers, Leftists, Gandhians and Ambedkarites.

The people featured pose the intriguing question: What is freedom? They saw that as going beyond Independence. And almost all of them continued their fight for freedoms long after 1947.

The post-1947 generations need their stories.

To learn what they understood. That freedom and independence are not the same thing. And to learn to make those come together.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
302 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
India Viking
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
067009692X
ISBN13:
9780670096923
kindle Asin:
B0BLC9SGZ9

The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom

Palagummi Sainath
4.32/5 (124 ratings)
Read Download
So who really spearheaded India’s Freedom Struggle? Millions of ordinary people—farmers, labourers, homemakers, forest produce gatherers, artisans and others—stood up to the British. People who never went on to be ministers, governors, presidents, or hold other high public office.

They had this in common: their opposition to Empire was uncompromising.

In The Last Heroes, these foot soldiers of Indian freedom tell us their stories. The men, women and children featured in this book are Adivasis, Dalits, OBCs, Brahmins, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. They hail from different regions, speak different languages and include atheists and believers, Leftists, Gandhians and Ambedkarites.

The people featured pose the intriguing question: What is freedom? They saw that as going beyond Independence. And almost all of them continued their fight for freedoms long after 1947.

The post-1947 generations need their stories.

To learn what they understood. That freedom and independence are not the same thing. And to learn to make those come together.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
302 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
India Viking
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
067009692X
ISBN13:
9780670096923
kindle Asin:
B0BLC9SGZ9

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