Brothers Against the Raj - Softcover

Gordon, Leonard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231074433 ISBN 13: 9780231074438

Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, 1990

Synopsis

Subhas Chandra Bose and his elder brother Sarat were among the most important leaders of the Indian struggle for independence from the British and were active from the 1920s through the 1940s. Brothers Against the Raj is the definitive biography of the Boses, placing them in the context of the Indian freedom struggle and international politics of the period. Leonard A. Gordon uses materials gathered in Europe and Asia from archives, records, and 150 interviews he conducted with the brothers´ political contemporaries and family members. The author makes use of hundreds of unpublished letters and other previously untapped sources as well. Brothers Against the Raj brings these two controversial leaders and a significant epoch in India´s history to renewed and explosive life.

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About the Author

Leonard A. Gordon is a senior research scholar at the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Bengal: The Nationalist Movement (1876­1940) and, with Barbara Stoler Miller, A Syllabus of Indian Civilization (Columbia).

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231074433
• ISBN 13: 9780231074438
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 816