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Rebels Against the Raj - Western Fighters for India's Freedom (Hardcover)
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Rebels Against the Raj - Western Fighters for India's Freedom (Hardcover)
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An extraordinary history of resistance and the fight for Indian
independence from Ramachandra Guha. Rebels Against the Raj tells
the little-known story of seven people who chose to struggle for a
country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the
late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement
fighting for independence. Of the seven, four were British, two
American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after
being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in
a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, organic
agriculture, environmentalism. This book tells their stories, each
renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each
connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found
endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would
likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live
and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region
in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the
institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they
inspired. Through the entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of
the world's finest historians, we reach deep insights into
relations between India and the West, and India's story as a
country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British
colonial rule.
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