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History of Modern India, by Bipin Chandra, one of the most popular and renowned author, focuses more on the economic, religious, and social history of India than the political factors.
- Bipan Chandra
Feb 12, 2018 · One of the best History book on Modern period of Indian History.
Kindle Edition. History of Modern India presents what is arguable the authoritative overview of the historical period known as British India. An explanation of conditions in eighteenth-century India that helped the British East India Company establish its rule.
- Bipan Chandra
One of the most eminent historians of modern Indian history, Bipan Chandra was Chairman of the National Book Trust. He was also Professor Emeritus, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and National Research Professor.
- Bipan Chandra
Jan 1, 2009 · The book, like any other mainstream history book on India, talks about Indian history from the vantage point of the ruling class/castes. It is deeply ahistorical in many respects and offers a birdseye view of Indian history as painted by the Brahminical class through the ages.
The definitive book on the Indian struggle for freedom by some of the most authoritative historians of modern India by best-selling author Bipin Chandra. Over 3,50,000 copies sold. “Indispensable for students and for all those who want to know our past in order to understand the present” – Indian Express.
Bipan Chandra (24 May 1928 – 30 August 2014) was an Indian historian, specialising in economic and political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, he specialized on the Indian independence movement and is considered a leading scholar on Mahatma Gandhi.
