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agniguha01's review
5.0
This book captures modern Indian history just as it was, complex. Even though it was a heavy book but the short chapters and coherent chronology made it quite a fast read. An extremely well researched book, that felt like a story with different characters and their thoughts. Not sure if I should've, but I couldn't help feeling inspired by this book and saddened by how much of history gets omitted in our school syllabus. I'd say this is a must read for anyone wanting to discover India and it's future.
shishirkc's review
5.0
The subject of this book might remind you of those boring history classes of secondary school. And still 5 stars! Partly because it makes reading the same things that you believe you know, interesting, more like a sweeping cinematic recreation of the eventful period of Indian history, only lacking the audio-visual element which can be extremely well substituted by your imagination facilitated by authors' amazing narration. Highly recommended for anyone interested in History and a must-read for those preparing for the Indian Civil Services' examination.
(While some may argue that it's biased towards Congress, and it could very well be for some, but then INC was indeed an extremely active and popular body during the freedom struggle, and most of the events of the struggle were directly or indirectly associated with INC.)
(While some may argue that it's biased towards Congress, and it could very well be for some, but then INC was indeed an extremely active and popular body during the freedom struggle, and most of the events of the struggle were directly or indirectly associated with INC.)
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