A freedom fighter's account of India's struggle for independence.

How the British came to India, slowly penetrated the sub-continent and established an empire is a story recorded by many historians but not fully told...

The early British historians tried to play down the role of their countrymen in subjugating the native kingdoms in India by all means. It was left to a few diligent historians to carry out painstaking research and unravel the facts. Pandit Sunderlal, who wrote this sensational book originally in Hindi in 1929, vigorously exposed the British plan to enlarge their sphere of influence in India slowly and steadily through a number of dubious methods. Apart from revealing the state of affairs between the Indian native kingdoms and the East India Company, How India Lost Her Freedom provides a fine account of what India was prior to the advent of the British. The book focuses on the crucial facts and events that led to the establishment of British rule over India.

History of This Book Foreword by R. H. Khwaja Introduction Europeans Arrive in India Siraj-ud-Daula—Battle of Plassey Mir Jafar Mir Kasim—Subedar “Rebel” Fugitive Mir Jafar Again After Mir Jafar Warren Hastings The First Maratha War Battles in the South—Haider Ali—Tipu Sir John Macpherson—Acting Governor-general Lord Cornwallis (1786–93) Sir John Shore (1793–98) Marquess of Wellesley Nizam Forced into “Subsidiary Alliance” Tipu Sultan States of Oudh and Farrukhabad Annexation of Tanjore End of Karnatak Nawab’s Sovereignty Annexation of Surat Schemes against the Peshwa and Sindhia Reinstatement of Bajirao as Peshwa Origin of the Second Maratha War Intrigues and Machinations Empire Expansion Battles Between the English and Jaswantrao Holkar Siege of Bharatpur