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So who really spearheaded Indias Freedom Struggle Millions of ordinary peoplefarmers labourers homemakers forest produce gatherers artisans and othersstood up to the British People who never went on to be ministers governors presidents or hold other high public office
They had this in common their opposition to Empire was uncompromising
In The Last Heroes these footsoldiers of Indian freedom tell us their stories The men women and children featured in this book are Adivasis Dalits OBCs Brahmins Muslims Sikhs and Hindus They hail from different regions speak different languages and include atheists and believers Leftists Gandhians and Ambedkarites
The people featured pose the intriguing question What is freedom They saw that as going beyond Independence And almost all of them continued their fight for freedoms long after 1947
The post1947 generations need their stories
To learn what they understood That freedom and independence are not the same thing And to learn to make those come together