India’s freedom story

By:

Saxena, Ira

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Publication details: Noida: Harper Collins Children's Books, 2021.Description: 121p.: ill. pbk.; 23cmISBN:

9789354892561

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DDC classification:

954.035 SAX

Summary: India’s Freedom Story traces the country’s extraordinary journey to attain freedom from the British. This book brings alive the key events of the freedom struggle such as:the arrival of the East India Company, the Great Indian uprising, Gandhi’s emergence as a leader, Salt Satyagraha, Partition and the Indian Constitution. It discusses the role of political thinkers like Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Abul Kalam Azad, Vallabhbhai Patel and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and recounts the true stories of courage, grit and resistance of the freedom fighters. India’s Freedom Story also explores the broader idea of freedom and what it means to today’s youth. This brilliantly illustrated book includes contemporary events from India and beyond such as the recent Black Lives Matter Movement, and also focuses on inspiring figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Gamal Abdel Nasser, among others and newer activists such as Greta Thunberg, who used Gandhian methods to fight for their rights. The entire history of India’s struggle for freedom comes alive in this extensively researched volume. A wonderful gift from the authors to today’s children. https://harpercollins.co.in/product/indias-freedom-story/

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Children Collection	IIT Gandhinagar	General	954.035 SAX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		CC1494

Includes illustrations, index and references

India’s Freedom Story traces the country’s extraordinary journey to attain freedom from the British. This book brings alive the key events of the freedom struggle such as:the arrival of the East India Company, the Great Indian uprising, Gandhi’s emergence as a leader, Salt Satyagraha, Partition and the Indian Constitution. It discusses the role of political thinkers like Raja Rammohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Abul Kalam Azad, Vallabhbhai Patel and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and recounts the true stories of courage, grit and resistance of the freedom fighters. India’s Freedom Story also explores the broader idea of freedom and what it means to today’s youth. This brilliantly illustrated book includes contemporary events from India and beyond such as the recent Black Lives Matter Movement, and also focuses on inspiring figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Gamal Abdel Nasser, among others and newer activists such as Greta Thunberg, who used Gandhian methods to fight for their rights. The entire history of India’s struggle for freedom comes alive in this extensively researched volume. A wonderful gift from the authors to today’s children.

https://harpercollins.co.in/product/indias-freedom-story/

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