{"product_id":"rebels-against-the-raj-western-fighters-for-indias-freedom-9781101874837","title":"Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ramachandra Guha\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary history of resistance and the fight for Indian independence--the little-known story of seven foreigners to India who joined the movement fighting for freedom from British colonial rule.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebels Against the Raj\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement fighting for independence from British colonial rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf the seven, four were British, two American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, the emancipation of women, environmentalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they inspired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of the world's finest historians, we reach deep insights into relations between India and the West, and India's story as a country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British colonial rule.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45356222185623,"sku":"9781101874837","price":1806.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781101874837.webp?v=1767671717","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rebels-against-the-raj-western-fighters-for-indias-freedom-9781101874837","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}