The Tribal Soldiers of Mahatma Gandhi (1920-1947)

Contents: Preface. 1. The beginning. 2. The grievances of the tribals of Chota Nagpur and the response of the British. 3. Tribal participation in the national movement and the role of church. 4. The tribal uprising in Chota Nagpur prior to 1920. 5. The tribals soldiers of Mahatma Gandhi 1920-47. 6. The Government of India Act 1919 and 1935 and the tribals of Chota Nagpur. 7. The end. Bibliography. Glossary.

"The Tribal Solders of Mahatma Gandhi" is a fact not a fiction. The traditional historians unfortunately have missed out the vital role of the tribals in India's freedom struggle. A modest effort has been made in this book to bring to the fore that the tribal could not stay aloof from the clarion call of freedom struggle. The traditional historians could not realize that ethos of Indian life had penetrated as deep in the psyche of the tribal who may be treated as the son of lesser Gods but whose claim to the title 'son of the soil' cannot be undermined.

It is a fact that great luminaries of the modern history of India were the architects of national struggle. It is also a fact that they were connected with the drafting of the blue print of national struggle. But it is also a fact that without the dedicated. Sincere workers the blue print could never be translated into action." (jacket)