Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom | Sanjeev Sanyal |

Book Launch: Revolutionaries : The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom by Sanjeev Sanyal
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.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Sanjeev Sanyal is the Principal Economic Advisor to the Government of India. An internationally acclaimed economist and best-selling author, he spent two decades in the financial sector and was Global Strategist & Managing Director at Deutsche Bank till 2015. He was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. He is also a well-known environmentalist and urban theorist. In 2007, he was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship for his work on urban dynamics. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore and a Senior Fellow of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He has also served on the Future City Sub-Committee of the Singapore government tasked with building a long-term vision for the city-state.
Sanjeev attended Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi and Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar (1992-95). His best-selling books include Land of the Seven Rivers, The Indian Renaissance and The Ocean of Churn, all published by Penguin. In addition, he had published around 200 articles, columns and reports in leading national/international publications. He was given the inaugural International Indian Achievers Award for contributions to Literature in 2014. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London and a Visiting Fellow of IDFC Institute, Mumbai.
TOPICS COVERED
0:00 Synopsis of the Book
1:23 Film- The other story
3:50 Book launch
4:08 Acknowledgements and trivia
6:02 The story of India’s freedom is incomplete
14:13 Sanjeev Sanyal’s inspiration
19:45 Incomplete story of Indian freedom
26:56 Monuments of the revolution were systematically destroyed in free India
30:05 Modernists were also religious-revivalists and unapologetic Hindus
39:04 Communities pertaining to Revolutionaries persecuted in free India
44:08 Negotiations with British were done by collaborators with the British
45:27 Communication during the revolt
48:51 Indian Historians were British collaborators, informers, and contractors.
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[@viveknsharma]

Film left me in tears... Goose Bumps.... So much is to be told... So much to be remembered... So much Evocative... So much Provocative... Undoubtedly, We'll never be able to pay back to Those Who Fought, Died, and Won for us... Indeed... Janani Janmbhoomischa Swargaadapi Gariyasi...

[@KrishnadasBharatikb]

That much of motivation to build it back to it semblance at least...

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[@useraccount3448]

I will gift this book to all my friends.

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[@enjoyparents]

Sanjeev Ji Young scientist of IITIHAS , Saadhuwaad 🚩

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[@pbalinki]

Dear Anchor, Thanks for interviewing Sri Sanjeev Sanyal on his book. The discussion revealed many unknown facts of history. Regards, SC Panda

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[@suchitha1425]

The Vande Mataram song in the beginning was just 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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[@arupsen5441]

What a class epic this book of Revolutionaries! My salute to Sri Sanjeev Sanyal, without whose effort we would never have known the amazing facts of our dear revolutionaries who sacrificed their lives totally selflessly !

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[@sankalp3513]

Ultimately, it's the fault of we ordinary Indians for not prioritizing true history higher that this real freedom struggle story was suppressed for 70 years.

[@ritesh2raj]

Maybe 30% our fault. But the main fault lies with the nehruvian regime

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[@viyer3389]

I just purchased the audio book version of this book. This must be a MUST read for all Indians to really understand who they are now and how we really got our independence.

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[@leelajaala6448]

In kannada language there are several books narrating the most inspiring stories of the revolutionaries. One of them is Rudhirabhishek, by the well known writer Babu krishnamurty. It starts with bagha jatin.

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[@enjoyparents]

Children of NRI's who bearly come to India or visit India as a tourist place only , think that ALL INDIAN REVOLUTIONARIES WERE LIKE TODAY'S ISIS OR TALIBAN . it's very very imp that such books MUST MUST BE WELCOMEING N HIGHLY PROMOTED .

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[@shailendrasemwal1783]

👏👏👏Salute to your efforts & nationalist spirit 🙏🚩🚩🚩🙏

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[@sumitrabrahma4466]

Jai Bharat 🙏

[@DavinderSingh-zr9fn]

bhagat singh zindabad 🙏🏼

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[@neilj932]

Jai Hind

[@mayanksinghfartiyal5290]

48:51 still happening, through generation of those same people

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[@raktimbiswas4115]

Wow

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👍🙏

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[@Mallikarjun-g]

👏🤘🤘

[@enjoyparents]

@17 minutes So true KOLKATA IS MURDERED Esp when DIRECT ACTION WAS ALSO SUPPORTED & PLANNED BY JYOTI BASU

[@chandanmoz8357]

....And Bengal today is in a gutter... after decades of misrule, what else can you expect.....

[@aniketaggarwal1224]

9:00 Veer Savarkar was but he was demonized

[@DrGorachandGhosh2710]

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave our freedom not by the real indirect war criminals Gandhi and Nehru in the WWII. The fact is published by Amazon worldwide since 18Sept2017 in English and by Notion press since 22June2022 in Bengali. Distorted history on independence must be fixed now. Truth reveals itself although late but than never. Jai Hind.

[@Swetamishr]

Wt an irony .. revolutionaries weapons now in VICTORIA Museum 😑 Calcutta 🥺

[@rexxbailey2764]

LOLS AS IF IT WERE THE BRITISH THAT BUILT THAT MUSEUM EVEN AND NOT THEIR ORIGINAL BUILDERS THE MAIN EMPIRE THAT THE BRITS TOOK THEIR WHOLE 2 CENTURIES TO DESTROY . THE TARTARYANS! 😑😒

[@PK-tq4ms]

Unfortunately there is no enthusiasm at all in retelling of Itihas ( History ) . If we have a twelfth pass lady as HRD minister and the next one Javadekar says that we have changed even a comma is nothing short of being mortally afraid and apologetic . What can Indian Council of Historical Research do when the govt is lacking willpower. Don’t know how many people know that Saha Faisal an IAS from J&K resigned, floats a Political party , indulges in Anti India propaganda , arrested while fleeing to Turkey, reinstated and appointed as Deputy Cultural Secretary. These are slaps and kicks on the cheeks and backside of Indian people by their own govt . Jai Hind

[@pavitraranjanswain4010]

Histories are not retold. It has to be written based on contemporary written diaries as evidence. It should be based on contemporary literatures written be more that two to three writers. If you start writing stories in isolations with out cross reference, you will find more that 300-400 versions of History. Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal's version should be published in historical journal with reference in the footnote. So that his peers in the field of History writing will scrutinize, debate and authenticate the narration of History. Only History of Odisha can be traced to Madala Panji of Puri Temple as well as British writers, and contemporary Odia writers. So from the writing such writings one ca conclude certain events to the point. Similarly, the historical events of Shivaji is written by his own people as well as the British invitees from the Bombay during his coronation. But the proceedings of each and every Congress conference as well as meeting with then British India Government is well documented. So there is ambiguity in anything.

[@ytskt]

And apparantly Mohandas Gandhi got us freedom by bhajan singing and charkha turning!...

[@Yogis_BitterTruth_Nirvan]

that's how "The great Britian" hide their defeat.

[@renuagrawal3050]

धन्यवाद। मुझे आपकी 10 पुस्तक खरीदनी है।

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[@PiadasEyer]

YOU DONT SAY.... THE INA ARMY WERE *"KEPT"* ... IN THE BARRACKS...... YOU SHOULD SAY: ITS WHERE THEY STAYED OR GRACED ON.... & INTRO DINT SHOW DINGRA BROTHERS.....!!! SO.. IM SURE IT HAS NOTHING ON SHENBAGAM PILLAI & SOUTHERN EXPRESSIONS.....

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[@pooransingh1882]

The name Victoria should be replaced by the name of a worthy revolutionary like Jhansi Raanee. Under the name Victoria, monsters like General Dyer existed and were free to subject our ancestors to pain, horrible sufferings, and death . To the British,they were not human beings.

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[@gop1962]

Mountbatten wanted his wife Edwina So there was no other way. Give independence and Escape

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[@arational9920]

I dont understand that when BJP's Indian govt has crossed all limits of Tushtikaran for minorities , then why Pm or Home minster still try to pretend that they care about Hindus ?

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[@ramtirthsingh2339]

हिंदी अनुवाद बहुत घटिया है.पेज 12 -हम तात्या टोपे के जीवन पर गश खाते थे.पेज 27- बौद्धिक स्तर पर उत्तेजक नहीं, बिसूरती कमजोरी.पेज 28- काम उत्तेजक नहीं लगा .पेज 37-व्यवहारिक दूरी. ऐसे अनेक उदाहरण हैं.