A revolutionary history of interwar india

Kama Maclean

The historian Kama Maclean delivers fresh commentary on the ambitions, ideologies and actions of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army: an anti-colonial group formed in 1928 by the revolutionaries Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh. Drawing on a range of evidence, including memoirs, interviews and recently declassified government files, Maclean sketches an enthralling portrait of the organisation, exploring issues such as the HSRA’s support for political violence and its complex relationship with the Indian National Congress.

Penguin Books India, 368 pages, Rs 599