{"product_id":"building-a-free-india-defining-speeches-of-our-independence-movement-that-shaped-the-nation-paperback","title":"Building a Free India Defining Speeches of Our Independence Movement That Shaped the Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRakesh Batabyal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Indian independence movement progressed-from the economic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecritique of colonial rule by the early nationalists, to the unequivocal demand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor Purna Swaraj and the immense moral authority of the Mahatma Gandhiled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresistance-the notion of an equal society that ensured dignity to all-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eirrespective of caste, class, gender or religion-came to occupy a central\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplace in it. By the time the Constituent Assembly met in December 1946, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot just civil rights, but the particular rights of women, of minorities, of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDepressed Classes and the Adivasis were being articulated and demanded, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot as favours but as a matter of course. As the editor of this volume writes in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis brilliant introduction, the effect of the speeches delivered by the leaders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof our national movement was to focus 'political action towards scripting an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eennobling nationalism that would give us a just and equal society'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding a Free India brings together these landmark speeches delivered over\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eroughly a century by the leading lights of the national movement-from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaoroji, Surendranath Banerjee, Bhikaiji Cama, Lajpat Rai and Tilak, to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, Bose, Sarojini Naidu and Maulana Azad-as well\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas a range of lesser-known but equally remarkable figures. This unprecedented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecollection is not only an invaluable history of our freedom movement but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealso of the ideas of universal equality, dignity and justice that are-and must\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealways remain-at the root of our democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120924070023,"sku":"9789354473630","price":40.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/837259247a01fa8d368cf3297a889ecc.webp?v=1732550132","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/building-a-free-india-defining-speeches-of-our-independence-movement-that-shaped-the-nation-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}