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'''''India's Struggle for Independence''''' is the book written by historian and professor [[Bipan Chandra]] and published by [[Penguin Random House]] in 1987.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Pathak|first=Vikas|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ban-sought-on-bipan-chandras-book/article8533688.ece|title=Ban sought on Bipan Chandra’s book|date=2016-04-29|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-14|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The book centers around the [[Indian independence movement]].

== Reception ==

=== 'Revolutionary Terrorist' controversy ===
[[Bhagat Singh]] along with [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]], [[Surya Sen]] and others have been referred as 'revolutionary terrorist' in chapter 20 of book.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/remove-terrorist-tag-for-bhagat-singh-in-du-book-by-bipan-chandra-kurien-2775468/|title=Remove terrorist tag for Bhagat Singh in DU book by Bipan Chandra: Kurien|date=2018-01-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> Bhagat Singh's family objected the use of term in April of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/bhagat-singh-revolutionary-terrorist-says-book-taught-in-delhi-university-1400239|title=Bhagat Singh 'Revolutionary Terrorist' Says Book Taught In Delhi University|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> In parliamentary upper house [[Rajya Sabha]], [[K. C. Tyagi]], [[Janata Dal (United)]] politician, demanded to delete "objectionable references" for Bhagat Singh.<ref name=":1" /> [[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 (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]].<ref name=":1" /> [[Samajwadi Party]] politician [[Naresh Agarwal]] along with BJP MPs demanded action against authors while [[Left-wing politics|Left]] MPs opposed it in Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/action-must-be-taken-against-writers-who-termed-bhagat-singh-terrorist-says-rajya-sabha-mp/|title=SP MP seeks action against authors for referring to Bhagat Singh as ‘terrorist’|date=2016-05-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref>

In May 2016, [[Hindutva]] activist Dinanath Batra wrote a letter to [[HRD Ministry]] to sought ban on the book for the very same reason.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> He also demanded action against [[Delhi University]] officials who printed it in Hindi.<ref name=":0" />

[[Mridula Mukherjee]], co-author of the book had clarified that word didn't have a pejorative meaning when it was published.<ref name=":0" /> Professors of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] claimed that Bipan Chandra praised Bhagat Singh when he referred him as 'revolutionary terrorist'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/professor-bipan-chandra-anti-bhagat-singh-revolutionary-leader-not-terrorist-mridula-mukherjee-aditya-mukherjee-sucheta-mahajan-indias-struggle-for-independence-2758384.html|title=Bipan Chandra praised Bhagat Singh when he called him 'revolutionary terrorist': JNU professors|website=Firstpost|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> Later, the book was red-flagged by the Delhi University.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Pathak|first=Vikas|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Lift-%E2%80%98virtual-ban%E2%80%99-on-Bipan-Chandra%E2%80%99s-book-says-IHC/article17014203.ece|title=Lift ‘virtual ban’ on Bipan Chandra’s book, says IHC|date=2017-01-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-14|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Indian History Congress]] had passed a resolution in favor of book and demanded to end 'virtual ban' on the book in 2017.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian independence movement]]
[[Category:1987 books]]

India's Struggle for Independence - Revision history

>Orenburg1 at 08:06, 29 July 2021