Revolutionaries:The Other Story of How India Won It's Freedom|Sanjeev Sanyal|Bharat Book Club|DU|

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The history of India's struggle for freedom is usually told from the perspective of the non-violent movement. Yet, the story of armed resistance to colonial occupation is just as important. Names such as Vinayak Savarkar, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rashbehari Bose, Bagha Jatin, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose are still widely remembered. Their story is almost always presented as acts of individual heroism and not as part of a wider movement that had any overarching strategy or significant impact on the overall struggle for Independence. In reality, the revolutionaries were part of a large network that sustained armed resistance against the British Empire for half a century. They not only created a wide network inside India but also established nodes in Britain, France, Thailand, Germany, Persia, Russia, Italy, Ireland, the United States, Japan and Singapore. At various points, they received official support and recognition from the governments of some of these countries. Even the internal dynamics of the Indian National Congress of the time cannot be understood without the revolutionaries, who enjoyed widespread support within the organization. This was no small-scale movement of naive individual heroism but one that involved a large number of extraordinary young men and women who were connected in multiple ways to each other and to the evolving events of their times.
Revolutionaries tells their story, one that is replete with swashbuckling adventure, intrigue, espionage, incredible bravery, diabolical treachery and shockingly unpredictable twists of fate.

Speaker:
Sanjeev Sanyal is a writer, economist and urbanist. He grew up in Kolkata and attended Delhi University before going on to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He then spent two decades in international financial markets, where he became the managing director and global strategist of Europe's largest bank. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. While living in Singapore, he also took up the study of cities and was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship for his work on urban dynamics. In 2017, he joined the Indian government as the principal economic adviser. He became a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic advisory council in 2022. He has represented India in many international forums, including as co-chair of the Framework Working Group of G20 for five years.

His bestselling books include Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography, The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History and Life over Two Beers.

Sub-Topics:
0:00 Power Statements
1:02 Introduction
2:56 Sanjeev Sanyal on writing this book
4:10 Revolutionaries' Armed Resistance to the British
5:55 Mainstream History books not taught us correct or complete history of Independence struggle
6:59 Sri Aurobindo & Veer Savarkar
8:00 Rash Behari Bose & Sachindranath Sanyal
9:50 Bagha Jatin's ultimate sacrifice for Bhārat
10:15 The Ghadarite Revolt
11:03 Hindustan Republican Association - Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Bhagat Singh & Chandrasekhar Azad
12:14 The Indian National Army (INA)
13:25 Bina Das' - The Female Revolutionary's ultimate sacrifice for our country
15:26 Ullaskar Dutta - The Bomb maker of the Alipore Bomb Case and Kaalapaani Cellular Jail
19:40 The Chapekar Brothers' Inspirational Fight against the British
22:01 Aurobindo Ghosh/Sri Aurobindo - The Firebrand Freedom Fighter and the great Spiritual Master
28:15 The Secular Historians and their abhorence to Revolutionaries role in the Freedom Struggle
29:31 Initiation ritual of 'Anushilan Samiti'
33:55 Gandhi & Congress's Failed Struggle
39:10 Unpardonable treatment of Revolutionaries post Independence
55:50 Q&A

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