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Indian Struggle for Independence

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'''''Indian Struggle for Independence''''' is the book written by historian and professor [[Bipan Chandra]] and published by [[Penguin Random House]] in 1987.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Book centers around [[Indian independence movement]].

== Reception ==

=== 'Revolutionary Terrorist' controversy ===
[[Bhagat Singh]] along with [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]], [[Surya Sen]] and others have been referred as 'revolutionary terrorist' in chapter 20 of book.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Bhagat Singh's family objected the use of term in April of 2016.<ref></ref> In parliamentary upper house [[Rajya Sabha]], [[K. C. Tyagi]], [[Janata Dal (United)]] politician, demanded to delete "objectionable references" for Bhagat Singh in 2018.<ref name=":1" /> [[P. J. Kurien]], deputy chairman of house, urged government to remove all references which refer Bhagat Singh as "revolutionary terrorist" which was assured by [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]], then [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]].<ref name=":1" /> [[Samajwadi Party]] politician [[Naresh Agarwal]] along with BJP MPs demanded action against authors while [[Left-wing politics|Left]] MPs opposed it in Rajya Sabha.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

In May 2016, [[Hindutva]] activist Dinanath Batra wrote a letter to [[HRD Ministry]] to sought ban on the book for the very same reason.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> He also demanded action against [[Delhi University]] officials who printed it in Hindi.<ref name=":0" />

[[Mridula Mukherjee]], co-author of the book had clarified that word didn't had pejorative meaning when it was published.<ref name=":0" /> Professors of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] claimed that Bipan Chandra praised Bhagat Singh when he referred him as 'revolutionary terrorist'.<ref></ref> Later, the book was red-flagged by the Delhi University.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Indian History Congress]] had passed a resolution in favor of book and demanded to end 'virtual ban' on the book in 2017.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==


[[Category:Indian independence movement]]


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