This user-friendly textbook attempts to weave the known facts of history with the unknown, and thus foster a spirit of enquiry among its young readers. Apart from political history, due emphasis has been laid on socio-economic changes, administrative innovations, cultural ferments and the trials and tribulations of nationalist movements. Due importance has also been given to the post-independence era that led to the emergence of a new India vibrant with a fresh lease of life. Adequately illustrated with maps, this volume also contains a detailed chronology, biographical notes on distinguished personalities, a list of Congress sessions including names of Presidents, Prime Ministers, Presidents and Vice-Presidents of independent India as well as an exhaustive bibliography.
About the Author
Sailendra Nath Sen, formerly Professor of History, University of Calcutta, and Fellow, Asiatic Society. He has done pioneering work on the history of the Marathas and published several books on them, including Anglo-Maratha Relations during the Administration of Warren Hastings, 1772-1785 (1961, repr. 1994) and Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-1796 (1974, 1994). His two-volume project on the history of the Marathas entitled Fall of the Maratha Empire, 1796-1818, will be out soon. Professor Sen's other publications include Ancient Indian History and Civilization (3rd edn, 2016), History of the Freedom Movement in India (4th edn, 2009), A Textbook of Indian History and Culture (2007, repr. 2016), Chandernagore: From Bondage to Freedom, 1900-1955 (2012), and A Textbook of Medieval Indian History (2012).
