CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| Foreword, by J. T. Sunderland | [vii] |
| Preface to the Second Edition | [xxvii] |
| Introduction | [1] |
| [I. The General Viewpoint of the Indian Nationalist] | [67] |
| First Invasion of India | [68] |
| Chandra Gupta and Asoka | [69] |
| India Practically Independent Up to the Twelfth Century | [70] |
| Muslim Rule | [71] |
| Muslim Rule in India not Foreign | [73] |
| India Under the British | [76] |
| Political Disqualification of the Indians | [78] |
| Indians May not Carry Arms | [80] |
| Loyalty of Ruling Chiefs | [90] |
| Middle Class Desires Political Freedom | [92] |
| [II. India from 1757 to 1857] | [95] |
| Conflict of French and English in India | [96] |
| How British Rule in India Was Established | [96] |
| Methods of Consolidation of British India | [97] |
| British Public Ignorant of Facts | [98] |
| Conquest of India Diplomatic, not Military | [100] |
| The Great Indian Mutiny of 1857 | [101] |
| How the Mutiny Was Put Down | [102] |
| [III. India from 1857 to 1905] | [109] |
| [Part I. From 1857 to 1885.] | |
| The Bengalee Babu | [109] |
| Forces Resisting Denationalisation | [114] |
| Political Disappointments | [115] |
| Lord Ripon | [118] |
| Lord Dufferin | [121] |
| [Part II. The Birth of the Indian National Congress.] | |
| Indian National Congress an English Product | [122] |
| Hume, a Lover of Liberty | [124] |
| Congress to Save British Empire from Danger | [126] |
| The Congress Lacked Essentials of a National Movement | [138] |
| Hume’s Political Movement | [141] |
| Congress Overawed | [142] |
| Congress Agitation in England | [144] |
| Causes of Failure of the Congress | [145] |
| [Part III. The Birth of the New Nationalist Movement.] | |
| Swadeshi and Swaraj | [148] |
| Men Who Have Inspired the Movement | [152] |
| Lord Curzon and Indian Education | [156] |
| Lord Curzon’s Secret Educational Conference | [158] |
| Indians and Lord Curzon at Cross Purposes | [158] |
| The Congress Deputation to England in 1905 | [159] |
| The Congress of 1905 | [160] |
| Object of the Passive Resistance Movement | [162] |
| [IV. The First Years of the Nationalist Movement] | [167] |
| Partition of Bengal | [167] |
| Boycott of British Goods | [167] |
| Government’s Reply | [170] |
| The Second Move of the Bengalees: The National University | [170] |
| Arabinda Ghosh | [172] |
| The Nationalist Press | [176] |
| Military Measures against Boycotters | [177] |
| Lord Minto | [179] |
| Indian Press Gagged | [180] |
| Deportation of Lajpat Rai | [181] |
| Disaffection Driven Underground | [183] |
| Lord Hardinge Bombed | [184] |
| [V. Types of Nationalists] | [187] |
| The Extremists | [187] |
| A Few Nihilists | [189] |
| Religious Extremists | [189] |
| The Mother Worshippers | [190] |
| Vedantists | [191] |
| Advocates of Organised Rebellion | [195] |
| Har Dayal | [195] |
| Hardayalism: Advocation of Full Swaraj | [199] |
| Political Freedom the First Condition of Life | [200] |
| Arabinda Ghosh—Vedantist and Swarajist | [205] |
| Ganesh Vináyak Savarkar | [210] |
| The Terrorists | [211] |
| Advocates of Constructive Nationalisation | [212] |
| Independence, but not at Once | [212] |
| Preparing the Nation for Freedom | [213] |
| Preparatory Work from Below | [214] |
| Brahmo Samaj; Arya Samaj; Ramakrishna Mission | [215] |
| The Moderates | [216] |
| Gokhale | [216] |
| Congress Leaders | [219] |
| Passive Resisters | [219] |
| [VI. Indian Nationalism and the World-Forces] | [221] |
| Inspiration through European Nationalism | [221] |
| History of Modern Europe Tabooed in Universities | [221] |
| Italian-Turko War | [222] |
| Interpretation of India to Western World | [223] |
| Tagorism | [223] |
| [VII. The Religious and the Communal Elements in Indian Nationalism] | [225] |
| Mohammedan Revulsion of Feeling against the British | [226] |
| Disaffection among the Sikhs | [228] |
| [VIII. The Future] | [230] |
| Change in Indian Life and Depth of Nationalism | [230] |
| Nationalism Fertilised by Blood of Martyrs | [232] |
| Wave of Indian Nationalism is on | [233] |
| Propitiation and Petty Concessions Futile | [234] |
| Internal Division no Valid Plea for Continuance of British Rule | [235] |
| Illiteracy the Fault of the British and no Bar to Self-government | [237] |
| Internal Troubles | [238] |
| Unfitness of Orientals for Representative Institutions | [238] |
| Nationalism Has Come to Stay | [238] |
| Curzons, Macdonnels, Sydenhams, Responsible for Bombs and Revolvers | [240] |
| [A Short Bibliography of Books in English] | [241] |
| [Appendices] | |
| Feudatory Chiefs Powerless | [243] |
| Gross Insults to Indians | [243] |
| Industrial Ruin of India; Gokhale | [244] |
| India a Mere Possession; Gokhale | [244] |
| Masses Starved; Sir C. A. Elliot, Sir W. W. Hunter, William Digby | [244] |
| Seventy Million Continually Hungry People in British India; William Digby | [245] |
| Total Area under Cultivation | [245] |
| Famines of Money; not Food; Lord George Hamilton | [245] |
| Causes of Famines | [246] |
| Drain; Montgomery Martin and Digby | [246] |
| Enormous Foreign Tribute; Rev. J. T. Sunderland | [246] |
| Government Assessment too High; Sir W. Hunter | [246] |
| The Ryot; Herbert Compton | [246] |
| Indian Plunder; Adam Brooks | [247] |
| Swami Abhedananda | [247] |
| Alfred Webb | [247] |
| “Narrow and Shortsighted Imperial Policy;” Sir A. R. Colquehoun | [248] |
| Taxation; Lord Salisbury | [248] |
| Plague, Deaths from | [249] |
| Death Rate | [249] |
| Indian Finance | [249] |
| Land Tax | [249] |
| Income Tax | [250] |
| Customs | [250] |
| Trade Figures for 1913 to 1914 | [251] |
| Personnel of the Government | [251] |
| Figures About Education and Literacy | [253] |
| The Flogging of Political Prisoners | [253] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
CONSIDERING that in August, 1916, when this book was published, I was only a stranger in this country, known only to a few individuals, with almost no credentials of any kind to command the attention of the reading public, it is extremely gratifying that the first edition should have been sold out in less than six months. The fact can only be explained by the broad-minded sympathy of the American public for the “under dog.” I had a story to tell which the American public decided was worthy of being heard. So they heard it and now that they have heard it they want more of it.
In launching a second edition I take the opportunity of thanking the American press for their most generous and kindly appreciation of my little work. To the London Liberal press represented by the Nation and the New Statesman also I pay my acknowledgments. Their kindly reception shows the genuineness of their liberalism which, by the by, is the most valuable asset of English public life. Compare with this the treatment that has been accorded to me and my book by the British Indian Government. The first thing they did to injure me was to get the High Court at Lahore to cancel my license as a lawyer in the Punjab, India, on the ground of my being the author of a pamphlet called “Some Reflections on the Political Situation in India,” to which they objected and which they barred from entry into British India. This order is of course illegal; but the High Court of the Punjab has not a high reputation for its legal attainments and is always a willing instrument of the Executive. Then came the order barring this book. This by itself ought to be sufficient to show off the amount of political freedom we enjoy in India, but the year 1916 has been made memorable in the political history of India by other events of even a more significant character. Throughout the year, the Government in India continued to prosecute an English lady of world-wide fame, for the simple reason that that lady had the audacity of identifying herself with the “Home Rule of India” movement. Mrs. Annie Besant is an English woman of international fame. She is one of the most accomplished and eloquent platform speakers which the English speaking nations possess. She is a distinguished author and the revered head of the Theosophical Society which has ramifications all over the world. In addition to her religious and social and literary activities Mrs. Annie Besant has for some years been taking an active interest in the Indian Nationalist movement. She owns and edits two papers, one a daily and the other a weekly, both written in English and published at Madras, India, in the interests of Indian Nationalism. She is the founder and President of an Indian Home Rule League. She is an outspoken critic of the Russian methods of repression, suppression and confiscation that are in vogue in the Indian Administration. During Lord Hardinge’s viceroyalty her criticism was tolerated, as the Head of the Government was known to be friendly to her. As soon, however, as Lord Hardinge turned his back on India, Mrs. Besant’s good luck abandoned her and down came the hand of the Madras Government. The first order against her demanded security for her daily paper, New India. This security was duly furnished and has since been confiscated and a new security of a much larger sum has been demanded. Mrs. Besant has complied with these orders also, though under protest and is contesting them in the courts. One court has rejected her appeal, holding that though the order of the Government was illegal, the statutes gave them no power to give relief. She is now appealing to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in London, and the matter rests there. Two other Provincial Governments, those of Bombay and the Central Provinces, took action to restrict her liberty of movement, by prohibiting her entry into their respective jurisdictions, under the Defence of India Act. All this has made a sensation and Mrs. Annie Besant is one of the most popular persons in India at the present moment. She is considered a heroine and the Nationalist party is backing her up fully. Her financial losses have been made up to her and her papers are flourishing. Her Home Rule League is spreading.