The partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947: contour of freedom

Chakrabarty, Bidyut

ISBN: 9780415328890, 0415328896

The aim of this book is to unravel the intricate socio-economic and political processes that led up to partition, as Hindus and Muslims competed ferociously for the new power and privileges to be conferred on them with independence.

Beef, brahmins and broken men: an annotated critical selection from the untouchables, introd. by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

Ambedkar, B. R.

ISBN: 9788189059965, 8189059963

This is an important book that will give valuable ammunition to the forces;that oppose the most glaring abuses of human rights in India today.

Political and military history of Tibet, Vol.I, tr. by Yeshi Dhondup

Wangdue, Gyaltse Namgyal

ISBN: 9789380359625, 9380359624

This book is the first comprehensive Tibetan military history. Based on many historical and biographical sources, including eyewitness accounts of many veterans of Tibetans' war of resistance agaisnt the Communist Chinese in 1950-59, as well as the author's own experience during his military service in Tibet, this volume elaborates the evolution of the Tibetan Army and various wars it fought wi...

Political and military history of Tibet, Vol.II, tr. by Yeshi Dhondup

Wangdue, Gyaltse Namgyal

ISBN: 9789380359243, 9380359241

This book is the first comprehensive Tibetan military history. Based on many historical and biographical sources, including eyewitness accounts of many veterans of Tibetans' war of resistance against the Communist Chinese in 1950-59, as well as the author's own experience during his military service in Tibet, this volume elaborates the evolution of the Tibetan Army and various wars it fought wi...

The political biography of a Mughal noble: Munim Khan-I Khanna, 1497-1575

Khan, Iqtidar Alam

ISBN: 9788121505277, 8121505275

Political culture in India: since Independence

Yadav, Sushma

Political history of America

Shinde, Manik Manohar

ISBN: 9789382629610, 9382629610

Political ideals and associations in 20th century Bihar

Sinha, Sujata

ISBN: 9789350502815, 935050281X

Politicla relations between India and Nepla 1877-1923

Mojumdar, Kanchanmoy

ISBN: 9788121503273, 8121503272

Connecting nations: politico-cultural mapping of India and South East Asia

ISBN: 9789352902699, 9352902696

This volume is an interesting combination of the analytical method of historical linkages between India and South East Asia with critical observations of the contemporary dynamics of international politics.

Rani Laxmibai: warrior-queen of Jhansi, tr. by Sanjay Ranade

Ranade, Pratibha

ISBN: 9789353026042, 9353026040

An exhaustively researched biography of Rani Laxmibai which is releasing alongside the movie Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, this book will create a lot of buzz.

Recovering liberties: Indian thought in the age of liberalism and empire, the Wiles Lectures given at the Queen's University of Belfast, 2007

Bayly, CA

ISBN: 9781107025097, 1107025095

The author throws fresh light on the nature and limitations of European political thought and re-examines the origins of Indian democracy.

Sher-E-Bangla Fazlul Huq (1906-1947): in the cross-currents of provincial and national politics of India

Biswas, Samindra Mohan

ISBN: 9789380336107, 9380336101

On the life and politics of Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (1873-1962), a popular leader and ex-Chief Minister of undivided Bengal.

The sickle and the crescent: communists, Muslim league and India's partition

Sanyal, Sunanda et al

ISBN: 9788190884167, 8190884166

This book makes an in-depth study of the role played by the communists in India during India's Partition in 1947. While Indian National Congress and Muslim League are primarily blamed for vivisection of the country, the communists' support to the Muslim League between 1942 and 1947 only accelerated the birth of the two nations: India and Pakistan.