On the Road to Freedom: Part 1 English 2015

The awakening of the average Indian and his conscious strivings to have his voice heard resume not long after the mutiny of 1857. It was suppressed by the Raj with iron hands. The native response grew hard and more organised—ranging from pheroze Mehta's constitutional pleas to Tilak's bold demand for "Swaraj" and from Gandhian idealistic nonviolence to Bose's armed patriotism. Unlike 1857, This struggle was not a short-lived intense, violent upheaval that could be savagely subdued. India was patient and determined for a long-haul struggle. This captivating work brings a large part of this fascinating period back to life. It chronicles the sacrifice of the revolutionaries, political challenge by the Swaraj party, mass movements led by Gandhi, identity politics of Jinnah and British strategy of "divide and rule".