Bengal Revolutionaries and Freedom Movement

The Revolutionary Movement in Bengal (1902-1919) constituted one of the most significant phase in the history of the Indian Freedom Movement. The moderate leaders like G.K. Gokhale. Pheroze Shah Mehta, Surendra Nath banerjee and host off others demanded some constitutional and administrative reforms and finally agitated for ‘Colonical self-government’ with in the British Empire. Thus, they did not want to uproot the British rule from India. But the Revolutionaries (or the militant Nationalists), on the other hand, aimed at achieving ‘Purna-Swaraj’ (or absolute independence) of India from the British rule by means of active an violent movements. The author studies the movement in this book, which is in eight coherent chapters, such as, historical background, political religious, social, economic and educational ideas off the Bengal revolutionaries, character of the Bengal revolutionary movement and impact of foreign ideas and examples upon it, and a very learned conclusion explaining the impact of revolutionary movement on Indian politics. Just to understand the Militant Nationalist Movements in India, this book is indispensable.