The book 'Research in History' is a classified bibliography of the Ph.D. and D.Litt. theses awarded by the Indian Universities in the Department of History. The book has been compiled to meet the needs of the perspective Research Scholars and the Teachers of History. It will help them in Selection of Research Topics in future and avoid repetition of the subjects for research work. It will also save the precious time and labour of the scholars. The subject history has been classified under the sub-headings such as Historiography, Biography, Archaeology, History of Ancient, Medieval and Modern India and history of other countries of the world. The entries include Name of the Scholar, Title of the theses, Name of the Universities, and years in which they were awarded. An alphabetical checklist of the scholar has also been given with entry numbers to facilitate the Research Scholars to locate the entries in the main text. This is an effort to enlist all the titles in a single volume. It is hoped that the Scholars will welcome this publication.

The volumes trace the factors responsible for generating National Awakening among Indians. The author highlights the salient features of phenomenon of Indian Nationalism like the wedding to socialism, anti-fascism, anti-Nazism, anti-imperialism, anti-racialism, faith in internationalism, love for humanism and modernism, anti-princedom, anti-feudalism and dual role of bourgeoisie, and finally the concept of an Asian Federation. The study brings into lime-light the rise of spirit of Renaissance as generated by the great vigorous social and political activities of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and carried further by those of Vivekananda, Tagore, Nehru, J.P. and C.G.Shah in the nationalist camp and begun by Sir Syed, Iqbal and Jinnah in the Muslim Camp, but stopped half way due to a retrogressive approach and separatist thinking. In post-independence era the Muslim leaders like Kaifi Ajmi, Abbas, Tagore, M.R.A. Baig, Javed Akhtar, Saeed Navi, Iqbal Habib have tried to awaken their co-religionists and bring them into the main stream of national life. The volumes cover all aspects of Indian Nationalism, political, economic, social, racial, communal and cultural (dealing with literature, in all the 14 languages, press, education, art, cinema). The political aspect covers all the national liberation struggles launched by the heroes of 1857, Kukas and later on by Moderates led by Surendra Nath Banerjee, Militants led by Lal, Bal, Pal, Aurovindo, and young revolutionaries led by Bengali, Maratha and Delhi Youths, later on by Bismil, Chandrashekar, Bhagat Singh etc. and finally the various civil disobedience and non-co-operation and Khilafat movements led by Gandhiji with his non-conventional techniques of Truth and Non-violence. While the Economic Nationalism covers British exploitation and national alternative of Swadeshi and Boycott, the Social Nationalism acquaints the reader with all the social and racial reform movements launched from time to time to unify the indigeneous people against the common adversary of British Imperialism. While the volumes on Hindu-Muslim question revolve round the communal tangle, those on cultural. Nationalism bring to limelight the role of literature in 14 languages, press, education, arts and religious scriptures like Gita and Asrar-i-Khudi in making the people move from Escapism to Action and from Darkness to Noon of life. The volumes cover primarily the pre-independence phase beginning with the times of Ram Mohan Roy and ending at Gandhian era. They only slightly touch the post-independence phase where the author finds people lamenting over the decline of nationalistic and patriotic spirit.

Rise of nationalism implies an activation of the people and the demand for a new order of society. The rise of nationalism in India too is a phenomenon of the modern age. There were several factors responsible for the upsurge of national consciousness like unification of national economy, change in the rural economy, transport and communication, and there came the First War of Independence in 1857. The present volume narrates the gradual growth of political nationalism from 1800 AD onwards to first World War in 1918. The outbreak of 1857 would surely go down in history as the First great and direct challenge to the British Rule in India. The book illustrates every minute details of this political nationalism during the period. The volume, full of wealthy information on the Indian nationalism, will be immensely valuable for faithful students of modern history and research scholars and teachers. It also forms an interesting study for a general reader and the simple lucid style inspires a reader when he plunges into the inspiring events of Indian history.

Indian nationalism, after the 1857 outbreak and first world war reached its youth and the Britishers introduced several political and administrative measures to establish stability in Indian where 240 million people were emphasizing on personal rule. In December 1927, Subhas Chandra Bose said, "our primary concern would be to gain independence through a corporate effort. A nation is never the private property of any individual or a community.. "The zeal and enthusiasm was constantly increasing during the period and the youth of the country was standing on the t6hreshhold in order to cast off the shackles of mental slavery and communal traditionalism. Then came Chander Shekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru and many of their compatriots whose sacrifices and sufferings the nation will never forget. The book describes all these events of Indian political nationalism in simple and lucid style and in an inspiring manner. Every student of modern history will enjoy these events while reading. The research scholar in modern history will discover ocean of information to support and supplement his research studies. Really a marvelous account of history for all.