Lajpat Rai, a Lahore lawyer and leading figure in the Punjab, sets out the case for Indian self-rule for Western readers. He traces India under British power from 1757 to 1857 and on to 1905, the founding of the Indian National Congress, the rise of the younger nationalists, and the grievances that drove them.
An essential primary source on the struggle for Indian independence, introduced by J. T. Sunderland. Download the free EPUB.