Gentlemanly terrorists : political violence and the colonial state in India, 1919-1947 /

In 'Gentlemanly Terrorists', Durba Ghosh uncovers the critical place of revolutionary terrorism in the colonial and postcolonial history of modern India. She reveals how so-called 'Bhadralok dacoits' used assassinations, bomb attacks, and armed robberies to accelerate the departu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ghosh, Durba, 1967- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:	Critical perspectives on empire.
Subjects:	British Occupation of India (1765-1947) 1765-1999 National liberation movements > India > History > 20th century. Political violence > India > History > 20th century. Revolutionaries > India > History > 20th century. Nationalism > India > History > 20th century. National liberation movements. Nationalism. Political violence. Politics and government. Revolutionaries. India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947. India > Politics and government > 1919-1947. India. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The reforms of 1919: Montagu-Chelmsford, the Rowlatt Act, Jails Commission, and the Royal Amnesty
The history of revolutionary terrorism through autobiography
After Chauri Chaura: the revival and repression of revolutionary terrorism
After the Chittagong Armoury raid: revolutionary terrorism in the 1930s
From political prisoner to security prisoner
Revolutionary autobiographies: postcolonial tellings of nationalist history
Conclusion.