000			01893nam a22002057a 4500
005			20260127110251.0
008			260123b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9788188965854
040			_cAL
041			_aEnglish
082			_a324.2092 _bSAHR
100			_aLakshmi Sahgal _9252755
245			_aRevolutionary life _b: memoris of a political activist
260			_aNew Delhi _bWomen Unlimited _c2013
300			_axxxiii,195p. _bPB _c22x14cm.
365			_aIN-785 _b₹415.15 _c₹ _d₹415.15 _f14-01-2026
520			_aIn 1940, Lakshmi Sahgal left for Singapore to work as a doctor, and came into contact with a group of expatriate Indians who would form the core of the future Indian National Army. In July 1943, Netaji called upon her to participate in the formation of the Rani Jhansi Regiment, the first and only all-woman regiment in modern Indian history. Trained in warfare and weaponry, this regiment participated actively in the INA's struggle for freedom till 1946, when it was disbanded, only to be remembered as the Forgotten Army. In 1956, Malayala Manorama published a long piece on Lakshmi Sahgal and her Rani Jhansi Regiment in their magazine, Manorama. The first time she wrote of her experiences in the INA was at the behest of Comrade Namboodiripad in the late 60's. This was translated into Malayalam and published in Chinta, the CPM magazine. The original manuscript was stashed in a trunk where it remained for the next 25 years. It reappeared briefly in a Hindi translation in 1938, then disappeared again. Here, at last, is Lakshmi Sahgal's autobiography in its original form, as she wrote it decades ago. One of the few first- person accounts of the time, it is a document of immense political and historical value, and offers a unique perspective on women in armed struggle and the freedom movement.
650			_aBiography _9252400
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c240817 _d240817