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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | India |
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India's Struggle for Independence is a book written by historians Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan, and K. N. Panikkar, and published by Penguin Random House in 1987. [1] The book examines the Indian independence movement.
Bhagat Singh along with Chandra Shekhar Azad, Surya Sen and others have been referred as 'revolutionary terrorist' in chapter 20 of book. [2] Bhagat Singh's family objected the use of term in April of 2016. [3] In parliamentary upper house Rajya Sabha, K. C. Tyagi, Janata Dal (United) politician, demanded to delete "objectionable references" for Bhagat Singh. [2] P. J. Kurien, deputy chairman of house, urged government to remove all references which refer Bhagat Singh as "revolutionary terrorist" which was assured by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, then Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. [2] Samajwadi Party politician Naresh Agarwal along with BJP MPs demanded action against authors while Left MPs opposed it in Rajya Sabha. [4]
In May 2016, Hindutva activist Dinanath Batra wrote a letter to HRD Ministry to sought ban on the book for the very same reason. [2] [1] He also demanded action against Delhi University officials who printed it in Hindi. [1]
Mridula Mukherjee, co-author of the book had clarified that word didn't have a pejorative meaning when it was published. [1] Professors of Jawaharlal Nehru University claimed that Bipan Chandra praised Bhagat Singh when he referred him as 'revolutionary terrorist'. [5] Later, the book was red-flagged by the Delhi University. [6] Indian History Congress had passed a resolution in favor of book and demanded to end 'virtual ban' on the book in 2017. [6]
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