LEADER 03740nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910457306903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-06083-0 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674060838 035 $a(CKB)2550000000054117 035 $a(EBL)3300972 035 $a(OCoLC)923117406 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537548 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339802 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537548 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10554313 035 $a(PQKB)10093006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300972 035 $a(DE-B1597)178183 035 $a(OCoLC)979621382 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674060838 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300972 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496848 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000054117 100 $a20100910d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHis majesty's opponent$b[electronic resource] $eSubhas Chandra Bose and India's struggle against empire /$fSugata Bose 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (448 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-06596-4 311 $a0-674-04754-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1 A Flaming Sword Forever Unsheathed -- $t2 God's Beloved Land -- $t3 Dreams of Youth -- $t4 Exile in Europe -- $t5 The Warrior and the Saint -- $t6 One Man and a World at War -- $t7 The Terrible Price of Freedom -- $t8 Roads to Delhi -- $t9 A Life Immortal -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThe man whom Indian nationalists perceived as the "George Washington of India" and who was President of the Indian National Congress in 1938-1939 is a legendary figure. Called Netaji ("leader") by his countrymen, Subhas Chandra Bose struggled all his life to liberate his people from British rule and, in pursuit of that goal, raised and led the Indian National Army against Allied Forces during World War II. His patriotism, as Gandhi asserted, was second to none, but his actions aroused controversy in India and condemnation in the West. Now, in a definitive biography of the revered Indian nationalist, Sugata Bose deftly explores a charismatic personality whose public and private life encapsulated the contradictions of world history in the first half of the twentieth century. He brilliantly evokes Netaji's formation in the intellectual milieu of Calcutta and Cambridge, probes his thoughts and relations during years of exile, and analyzes his ascent to the peak of nationalist politics. Amidst riveting accounts of imprisonment and travels, we glimpse the profundity of his struggle: to unite Hindu and Muslim, men and women, and diverse linguistic groups within a single independent Indian nation. Finally, an authoritative account of his untimely death in a plane crash will put to rest rumors about the fate of this "deathless hero." This epic of a life larger than its legend is both intimate, based on family archives, and global in significance. His Majesty's Opponent establishes Bose among the giants of Indian and world history. 606 $aNationalists$zIndia$vBiography 606 $aStatesmen$zIndia$vBiography 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1919-1947 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNationalists 615 0$aStatesmen 676 $a954.03/5092 676 $aB 700 $aBose$b Sugata$0500606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457306903321 996 $aHis majesty's opponent$92479352 997 $aUNINA