14 Top politics books like Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 by Vikram Sampath

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Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966

By: Vikram Sampath

4.72

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

Decades after his death, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continues to uniquely influence India's political…

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Cover of India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha

1. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

By: Ramachandra Guha

4.39

Format: 912 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
  • nonfiction
"In 1951 Dec 20th, Nehru, while campaigning for the first democratic elections in India, took a short break to address a UNESCO symposium in Delhi. Although he believed democracy was the best form of …"

-Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

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2. The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

4.28

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Much of human history has played itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean. In a first-of-its-ki… read more

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  • india
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  • history
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3. Hindutva

By: V.D. Savarkar

2.00

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

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  • politics
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  • nonfiction

4. Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

5.00

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Did the Great Flood of Indian legend actually happen? Why did the Buddha walk to Sarnath to give hi… read more

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5. Pakistan Or Partition Of India

By: B.R. Ambedkar

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Unknown Binding

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6. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

By: William Dalrymple

4.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more

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  • india
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

By: Anand Ranganathan

4.48

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

To those who claim we are now living in a totalitarian, fascist, Hindu Rashtra, one must What kind… read more

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"The concept of justice is like memory. It keeps getting passed on until it is realised."

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

"To me, the mark of civilisation is this unquenchable thirst of man to demand justice for his ancestors; to correct a historical wrong. For that exemplifies a continuity; an idea, a memory that can ne…"

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

"And to those who now call this nation a Hindu Rashtra, run by religious zealots and fascists, to those I ask: In which theocratic state would religious zealots wait for half a millennium and even the…"

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

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8. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

4.63

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more

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  • politics
  • indian literature
  • india
  • nonfiction
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9. The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

By: S. Jaishankar

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The decade from the 2008 global financial crisis to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has seen a real t… read more

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"Being an ethical power is one aspect of the India Way."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

"Many friends, few foes, great goodwill, more influence. That must be achieved through the India Way."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

"India is today on a voyage of self-discovery and the lessons of Awadh are its surest compass in that quest."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

"Unlike other nations that rose earlier in Asia, China is much harder to fit into the Western-led global order."

-S. Jaishankar, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

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10. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

By: J. Sai Deepak

4.46

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of Europea… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The spiritual character of the relationship between indigeneity and nature is an emotion that the coloniser can at best exoticise but can never relate to."

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"Rest of the world was not living in the Dark Ages before Pax Europaea or European Peace, and will certainly not plunge into ignorance and darkness after the demise of Pax Europaea. Therefore, it is t…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"Until a decolonial approach is employed by experts and ‘intellectuals’, we will continue to see the entrenchment of colonialised identities and fissures, which began with an anti-Brahmin slant but wh…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"The ‘modern’, ‘rational’, ‘scientific’, Christian European coloniser could not get himself to acknowledge that the lived experience and traditional knowledge of native societies gathered over millenn…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

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11. Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story

By: K.J.S. 'Tiny' Dhillon

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

He has extensively served in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the North-East of India. He has the distinct… read more

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12. India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation (Bharat Trilogy #2)

By: J. Sai Deepak

4.63

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

India, Bharat and Pakistan, the second book of the Bharat Trilogy, takes the discussion forward fro… read more

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Cover of Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 by Vikram Sampath

13. Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966

By: Vikram Sampath

4.72

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

Decades after his death, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continues to uniquely influence India's political… read more

Similar categories in Vikram Sampath's Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 book and Vikram Sampath's Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966

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  • politics
  • indian literature
  • india
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984 by G.B.S. Sidhu

14. The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984

By: G.B.S. Sidhu

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The author, a former Special Secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and An… read more

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  • india
  • history
Cover of Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History by Ami Ganatra

15. Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History

By: Ami Ganatra

4.38

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this hi… read more

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Cover of Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha by Rahul Roushan

16. Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha

By: Rahul Roushan

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

This is the journey of a person who hated the word ‘Sanghi’ but ended up happily adopting it as a l… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Invaders and Infidels : From Sindh to Delhi: The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions (Book 1) by Sandeep Balakrishna

17. Invaders and Infidels : From Sindh to Delhi: The 500-Year Journey of Islamic Invasions (Book 1)

By: Sandeep Balakrishna

4.40

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale… read more

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  • india
  • history
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18. Savarkar : The True Story of the Father of Hindutva

By: Vaibhav Purandare

4.22

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

British collaborator or fiery patriot? The man behind Gandhi’s murder? Atheist or Hindu natio… read more

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19. The Idea called Malai

By: Suresh Kumar

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This book is a peek into Annamalai's nascent journey for those who wish to understand the potential… read more

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20. Snakes in the Ganga: Breaking India 2.0

By: Rajiv Malhotra

4.26

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

Snakes in the Ganga unveils uncomfortable truths concerning India’s vulnerabilities: Intense warfa… read more

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Cover of Soul and Sword: The Endless Battle over Political Hinduism by Hindol Sengupta

21. Soul and Sword: The Endless Battle over Political Hinduism

By: Hindol Sengupta

3.96

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

This is the first intellectual history of political Hinduism from its medieval origins to current-d… read more

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18 must-read history books like Savarkar: A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 by Vikram Sampath

Transform Your Habits

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Ramachandra Guha

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History

Sanjeev Sanyal

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Hindutva

V.D. Savarkar

2.00

Transform Your Habits

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple

4.20

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16 must-read history books like Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid) by Anand Ranganathan

Transform Your Habits

Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits

Rahul Pandita

3.43

Transform Your Habits

Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

Anand Ranganathan

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Why Bharat Matters

S. Jaishankar

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom

Sanjeev Sanyal

4.63

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