Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

Excellent, organized, detailed, thorough.

Author's work contains most concise details of India from Plassey to Partition.

Sekhar quotes leading authors in South Asia. I am familiar with their work.

As I read this work, I learnt new things.

Many Indian educated class, had to reframe their schools of thought in Indian context eg: Raja Ram Mohan Roy's work.

This brings, the question for religious traditions -- It has to answer questions of the current culture and age?

There were two currents within British Politics- Utilitarianism and Evangelicalism.

They shaped policies of British Raj.

I learnt the draining of wealth theory.

Basically, the thesis is that British rule took all the wealth of Indians.

This is popular among pro-India folks.

This was put forward by -- Dadabhai Naoroji, a successful businessman, Justice M.G. Ranade and R.C. Dutt, a retired JCS officer, who published, The Eco­nomic History of India in two volumes.

In Gandhi, many shared common values like non-violence, not against capitalism.

Everyone had something in common with him. Thus, he appealed to the masses.

Contrary to what most lay folks talk in conversation, i.e British came to conquer.

They were more interested in trade. This is self-evident.

I would recommend this to anyone interested in Indian History.

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