Who among the following is the author of the book “The Indian Struggle…

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Who among the following is the author of the book “The Indian Struggle 1920–1942”?

  1. A.

    Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  2. B.

    Subhas Chandra Bose

  3. C.

    Vallabhbhai Patel

  4. D.

    Sarat Chandra Bose

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Correct answer: B

Books analysing India's freedom movement, written by a nationalist leader who was himself an active participant, present an eyewitness political history — a narrative and analysis of the movement's events, strategy, and internal debates — grounded in the author's own direct political experience; such a work need not be a personal life-autobiography to be authored by that leader.

“The Indian Struggle 1920–1942” is exactly such a political history: Subhas Chandra Bose wrote it as an account and analysis of the Indian national movement across that period — the Congress's internal strategy debates, the course of the civil disobedience movement, and the rise of more assertive strands within the freedom struggle — drawing on his own active role in these events. It is an expanded edition of his earlier work, “The Indian Struggle 1920–1934”, first published in 1935.

  • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's own major works are “The Indian War of Independence of 1857” and “Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?” — a different pair of works altogether.

  • Vallabhbhai Patel is remembered for his administrative leadership in integrating the princely states after 1947.

  • Sarat Chandra Bose was a senior Bengal Congress leader and lawyer in his own right, active chiefly in provincial politics.

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