Great Indians: Surendranath Banerjea to Gandhi (HB) by Balraj Krishna

About The Book

India's fight for freedom began two decades after its crushing defeat in the 1857 mutiny, called by some, India's First War of Independence. The Indian spirit lay dormant for many years, but re-emerged in 1875 with Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's immortal hymn, Bande Mataram. In 1876, Surendranath Banerjee emerged as a leader of political consciousness, a mantle taken up by many Indians from different parts of the country, until the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi on the Indian political scene.

In its long fight for freedom, India's political ideology went through several changes: reasonable reform under the moderates, followed by nationalist fervour under the extremists and finally, a mass and non-violent struggle under Gandhi.

This book examines the lives of many of these great Indians who struggled to free the country, as well as those who played a pivotal role in bringing greatness to it after.