Her Name Was Freedom: 35 Fearless Women Who Fought for India’s Independence
- Publisher : Hachette India
- Publishing year : July 2022
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789393701077
- Imprint : Hachette India
- Age Group : Young Adult
- Language : English
These extraordinary Indian women, and others like them featured in this book shared one common goal: to stand up against ...
These extraordinary Indian women, and others like them featured in this book shared one common goal: to stand up against the British and fight for India's freedom from colonial rule.
Bravely setting out from their homes, these homemakers and princesses, politicians and poets, doctors and artists, and lawyers and educationists marched in protest, starved on hunger strikes, rallied supporters, went to jail and led from the front. From Sarojini Naidu to Matangini Hazra, from Aruna Asaf Ali to Rani Gaidinliu, from Muthulakshmi Reddi to Hansa Mehta, and from Annie Mascarene to Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, they showed amazing courage in breaking their shackles and facing grave challenges to liberate the country.
Anu Kumar has studied history and management and, more recently, done a Master's in Fine Arts (Writing Fiction) from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, USA. She writes for readers of all ages. Her first fictional works for children were three books featuring Atisa, a young detective who travels through history on a specially designed balloon. Her books for children, published by Hachette India, include The Mahatma and the Monkeys, Chanakya: The Kingmaker and the Philosopher, Sarojini Naidu: The Nightingale and the Freedom Fighter, Vivekananda: The Monk and the Reformer, and twelve short books of the Myth Quest series.
