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Hasan, Mushirul,

Roads to freedom : prisoners in colonial India / Mushirul Hasan. - First edition. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016. - x, 276 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "The prisoner's paradise" --
"Sunlight on a broken column" --

Jail : "the gateway to freedom" --


The Karachi trial --



Calcutta's Maulana : colonialism on trial --



Poets in prisons --




"Long walk to freedom" --




Sunlight and shadow in prison --






"The vessel will sink when the load of sin is great" --







"Thy flag will be laid in the dust" : the Nehrus in prison --








Crafting history in a cell --









Conclusion: The price of freedom.











This text examines the history of prison and prisoners in colonial India. Based on substantial archival research, it presents the conditions of the prisoners, their vision for the freedom movement and the various aspects of prisons in the subcontinent.

ISBN: 9780199458837 0199458839

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prisoners
Prisons
Nationalism--History--India--20th century.--History--India--20th century.--History--India--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

Dewey Class. No.: 365.609 / HAS