Urmila Shasthri
My days in prison (Kaaragaar) - Noida Harper collins 2012 - 71 p.
Book Description
Key Features
An intimate and personal account of a freedom fighter sentenced to jail by the Britishin the 1930s
Rare foreword by Kasturba Gandhi and introduction by Union Cabinet minister forUrban Development Kamal Nath
The book gives a glimpse of a time in history and tells the story a common citizen ofthe country, a woman, fighting for Indian independence and going to jail
The book is simultaneously being published in Hindi and English in the same volume
About the Book: My Days in Prison and Karagar
Mahatma Gandhi charted the route for civildisobedience first by making salt at the Dandi Marchthus breaking the British salt monopoly, and later byboycotting British goods. Millions of Indians heededhis call. They bought and publicly set British goods onfire, exhorting others to do so as well. Urmila Shastriwas one such woman who joined the SatyagrahaMovement while volunteering for the Congress inthe Meerut. She was arrested on 17 July 1930 on chargesof picketing and instigating university students againstthe government and put on trial. The Britishmagistrate asked her to apologize so that he could acquit her. She chose to go to jail for sixmonths. She went to jail again during Quit India Movement of 1942. This time she fellseriously ill, was denied proper treatment, and became witness to the inhuman atrocitiesfreedom fighters and other prisoners suffered at the hands of the jail officials. She wasreleased after serving her sentence. Shastri died with a smile on her face and Gandhi'sdream in her heart. Disturbing yet inspiring, Urmila Shastri's prison diary My Days inPrison brings alive the fascinating era that led up to the freedom of India.
9789350292358
Prisoners
India
365.6092 / URM/M
My days in prison (Kaaragaar) - Noida Harper collins 2012 - 71 p.
Book Description
Key Features
An intimate and personal account of a freedom fighter sentenced to jail by the Britishin the 1930s
Rare foreword by Kasturba Gandhi and introduction by Union Cabinet minister forUrban Development Kamal Nath
The book gives a glimpse of a time in history and tells the story a common citizen ofthe country, a woman, fighting for Indian independence and going to jail
The book is simultaneously being published in Hindi and English in the same volume
About the Book: My Days in Prison and Karagar
Mahatma Gandhi charted the route for civildisobedience first by making salt at the Dandi Marchthus breaking the British salt monopoly, and later byboycotting British goods. Millions of Indians heededhis call. They bought and publicly set British goods onfire, exhorting others to do so as well. Urmila Shastriwas one such woman who joined the SatyagrahaMovement while volunteering for the Congress inthe Meerut. She was arrested on 17 July 1930 on chargesof picketing and instigating university students againstthe government and put on trial. The Britishmagistrate asked her to apologize so that he could acquit her. She chose to go to jail for sixmonths. She went to jail again during Quit India Movement of 1942. This time she fellseriously ill, was denied proper treatment, and became witness to the inhuman atrocitiesfreedom fighters and other prisoners suffered at the hands of the jail officials. She wasreleased after serving her sentence. Shastri died with a smile on her face and Gandhi'sdream in her heart. Disturbing yet inspiring, Urmila Shastri's prison diary My Days inPrison brings alive the fascinating era that led up to the freedom of India.
9789350292358
Prisoners
India
365.6092 / URM/M