Summary: The book compresses the story to a tight one-year time frame. The Freedom at Midnight is the true story of the events surrounding Indian independence, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last viceroy of British India, and ending with the assassination and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi. The book was an international bestseller and achieved enormous acclaim in the united states, Italy, Spain, and France.

Summary: 10 Judgements That Changed India, by Zia Mody, is a collection of ten critical judgements passed by the Supreme Court, which transformed democracy and redefined daily life for all Indians.

Summary: Rohit De's brilliant book tells us how the Constitution of India impacted the everyday life of ordinary people. It tells the Constitutional history of India from below. How ordinary Indians adopted and interacted with the constitution, how they challenged the state using the Constitutional provisions.

Summary: This book describes the journey of India from the day India was declared as a republic country till date. Lots of amendments have been made to the constitution since the time it was first written. The book runs the readers through every detail and provides a consolidated and analytical perspective for the various complexities present in the constitution.

Introduction To The Constitution of India is made up of 9 chapters. It covers topics like Nature of the Constitution, Administration of Union Territories, Judicature, Government of the Union, Local Government, Government of the States, the Federal System and other topics like Languages, Elections and Public Service Commissions. The book also gives sound information about the judicial system of India, especially the Supreme Court and the High Court. The readers are given in-depth information about India's provisions for emergency situations, minorities, inter-state relations, elections and languages.

The book, Introduction To The Constitution of India, the twentieth edition, was published in the year 2011. It provides readers with a detailed background about the history, special features, philosophy and creation of India's constitution. It also explains the Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Rights and Duties vivaciously. Apart from that, it gives plenty of information about the functioning of small governments like panchayats, municipalities and planning committees.

Summary: The aim of this study is to understand and explain why Mahatma Gandhi, the most influential political leader of his time in India, could not save Bhagat Singh, when he was negotiating a settlement of political questions with the Viceroy Lord Irwin during February-March 1931. Gandhi's critics accuse him of failing, mainly owing to his stern commitment to non-violence, while his party men and followers defend him, and attribute his failure to the events that took place beyond his reckoning.

Summary: The History of the World's Largest Democracy is a non-fiction book by Indian historian Ramachandra Guha (born 1958) first published by HarperCollins in August 2007. The book covers the history of The India after it gained independence from the British in 1947

Summary: The Man Who Saved India is a sweeping, magisterial retelling of Sardar Patel’s story. With fiercely detailed and pugnacious anecdotes, multiple award-winning, best-selling writer Hindol Sengupta brings alive Patel’s determined life of struggle and his furious commitment to keep India safe. This book brings alive all the arguments, quarrels and clashes between some of the most determined people in Indian history and their battle to carve out an independent nation. Through ravages of a failing body broken by decades of abuse in and outside prison, Patel stands out in this book as the man who, even on his death bed, worked to save India. Hindol Sengupta’s The Man Who Saved India is destined to define Patel’s legacy for future generations.

Summary: Gandhi's Passion is a remarkable tribute by a historian at the height of his narrative and analytical powers. Wolpert boldly considers Gandhi the man, rather than the living god depicted by his disciples. He thus provides an unprecedented representation of Gandhi's passionate personality and the profound complexities that compelled his actions and brought freedom to India.

Summary: Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the book The Discovery of India, during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar fort for participating in the Quit India Movement (1942 -1946). The book was written during Nehru's four years of confinement to solitude in prison and is his way of paying homage to his beloved country and its rich culture.

The book started from ancient history, Nehru wrote at length of Vedas, Upanishads and textbooks on ancient times and ends during the British raj. The book is a broad view of Indian history, culture and philosophy, the same can also be seen in the television series. The book is considered as one of the finest writing om Indian History. The television series Bharat Ek Khoj which was released in 1988 was based on this book.

Summary: On 23 March 1931, Bhagat Singh and two of his associates were hanged to death at the Lahore Central Jail. This was the culmination of the Lahore Conspiracy Case, one of the most controversial, not to say notorious, trials to take place in India under the Raj. In this book, A.G.Noorani argues that Singh and his comrades were the victims of a travesty of justice that amounted to nothing short of judicial murder. With a lawyer's insight, Noorani chronicles the miscarriages of justice by which Bhagat Singh was brought to the gallows.

Summary: Working A Democratic Constitution: A History of the Indian Experience opens with the inauguration of the Indian Constitution in January 1950 and ends with Indira Gandhi's death in 1984. The book is designed for enthusiasts who are eager to know about India and its constitutional experience since its beginning to 1985.

Summary: This volume, a sequel to the best-selling India's Struggle for Independence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes it has achieved over the last five decades, in the light of its colonial legacy and the century-long struggle for freedom. The book describes how the Constitution was framed, as also how the Nehruvian political and economic agenda and basics of foreign policy were evolved and developed.

Summary: It is in this book that Gandhi announced his life's mission for the first time: moral regeneration of Indians and political emancipation of Mother India. Hind Swaraj teaches "the gospel of love in place of that of hate. It replaces violence with self-sacrifice. It pits soul force against brute force".

Summary: Makers of Modern India is a detailed source for information about the country's political traditions. The republic of India had a very tumultuous beginning and the author shows you how 19 political activists were instrumental in the evolution of this country. The author goes beyond a description of the people by including extracts of the speeches they have written. Each phase of the freedom movement and the following years of independent India are shown through the written works produced by these 19 individuals.

In Makers of Modern India you will see caste, religion, colonialism, the economy language, gender, nationalism, democracy and secularism in a historical context. The book is a treat for those who are curious about the formation of the multifarious collection of people, ideas and religions in India.

The author shows you how the lack of unison in the opinions of the makers of India complemented each other and resulted in the finished product called India. Makers of Modern India was published on 7 November 2012 and is available in paperback.

Key Features

• This book gives you an informative look at the 19 individuals who played a role in the formation of the India you live in today.

• Some of the issues discussed in the 568-page book like, democracy and religion, are relevant even in the India of the 21st century.

Summary: 'Experiments of Truth or Autobiography') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India.

Summary: India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra is a book for a detailed review of India’s independence movement. The Indian freedom struggle is one of the most important parts of Indian history.

Many books are written and stated, but there is still a difference. We hear many stories about the story of freedom from one place in one region, not in the whole country. This book completely covers this gap and describes how that movement affected people.

Bipin Chandra’s book is a documented history of India’s freedom struggle against British rule. It is one of the most difficult written books based on legal and valid oral and written sources. The book marks the first war of independence with the beginning of Mangal Pandey’s rebellion and the great adventure of Rani Lakshmi Bai. Many pages of this book devoted to the non-cooperation and civil disobedience movement of Mahatma Gandhi. It details Subhash Chandra Bose’s weapon heavy strategy and his charisma. This book covers all the freedom movements and despite their size and influence, covers India in its entirety.

The book contains oral and written accounts from various parts of the country, for that reason making the book historically rich and diverse. It summarizes the development of the Indian freedom struggle and leaves no chapter in the story. This book is a good book for students of Indian modern history and especially for those preparing for UPSC exams and reading history as their subject.

Summary: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was born in Porbander on the western coast of India. His childhood and early upbringing were undistinguished but as an adult he initiated and was involved in a series of novel forms of peaceful protests which established him as one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century and one whose message and relevance transcended national boundaries. This meticulously edited volume culled from the Collected Works of Gandhi contains a representative selection of his writings focusing on themes which were central to Gandhi's philosophy.

Summary: Gandhi Before India, available in hardcover, is a book about the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is considered as the Father of the Nation in India. It speaks about the stories of his life that are not widely known, but which played an important role in shaping young Gandhi into a Mahatma.

This book delves into the early life of Gandhi, the details of which are not popularly known to people. The author has traced the life of Gandhi from the year 1869 to the year 1914. This is the time interval which begins from when he was born, all the way up to the point he returned to India from South Africa as a lawyer.

In Gandhi Before India, the author describes the childhood of Gandhi in detail. He also talks about the two decades he spent in South Africa, where he successfully carried out a revolution. The book tries to give the readers an insight into the philosophies and ideologies followed by Gandhi very early in his life.

The book, Gandhi Before India, was published on 2nd October, 2013. It portrays a realistic picture of a young Gandhi. His experiments with different cults and friendship with people belonging to different religions is beautifully expressed. in addition to all this, the book also describes his enemies and talks about the failures he encountered in life.

Summary: In this definitive and critically acclaimed biography of one of the most controversial of Indian freedom fighters, Professor Sugata Bose analyzes Subhas Chandra Bose's life and legacy, tracing the intellectual impact of his years in Calcutta and Cambridge, the ideas and relationships that influenced him during his time in exile and his ascent to the peak of nationalist politics. Using previously unpublished family archives, this account not only documents Subhas Bose's thoughts during his imprisonment and travels, but also illuminates the profundity of his struggle to unite the diversities of India, religious, economic, linguistic, into a single independent nation.