The Story Of India'S Freedom Movement - Paperback

by Nayantara Sahgal (Author)

When the people of India rose against oppression and inequality, they wrote one of history's most inspiring stories. India, the brightest jewel in the Raj crown was also a land burdened with harsh taxes, unjust laws and innumerable restrictions. When Indians, under the leadership of the most remarkable men and women ever to be born, decided to overturn the yoke of a foreign power, their struggle was one of extraordinary bravery, truthfulness and fortitude. The story of India's freedom movement is a unique tale of how the ordinar people of a country defeated the mightiest Empire in the world through the forces of satyagraha and ahimsa. In this masterful account, Nayantara Sahgal describes the twists and turns that led to this, the lives of the leaders, revolutionaries and masses, the horrors of oppression and the triumphs of the Indians as they finally made their tryst with destiny. A lucid telling by one of the country's finest writers, this account encompasses every important detail of the freedom struggle and will inform and inspire all young readers.

Author Biography

Nayantara Sahgal is the author of nine novels, six works of non-fiction and wide-ranging literary and political commentary. She has received the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Sinclair Prize and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has a Distinguished Alumna Award from Wellesley College, USA and from Woodstock School, India and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Leeds. In 2011, she received the Nanjanagudu Thirumalamba Award for her contribution to Indian literature and in 2009, Zee TV's Awadh Samman. A resident of Dehradun, she has also been awarded the Doon Ratna.