Annie Besant played a prominent role in the freedom struggle of India. A dedicated political leader as she was, she was elected Congress President in 1917. She spent her whole life for the socio-economic upliftment of the people of the sub-continent. Her brilliance for superb oratory was glaring phenomenon during her popular gestures in numerous public speeches by which her audience was spell-bound by her fine and remarkable peroration. Her strength lay in her matches voice and none could match the range of the resonance of her voice.

The foundation of the Home Rule Movement was a romantic political saga of her career in the long-drawn struggle for India's independence. Along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, she impressed the masses of India about the ideology of Home Rule which she propagated through her speeches and writings. The repression of the Raj did not deter her to show relaxation in her political mission and carried on the constitutional struggle - a kind of model which she developed from her leader, Charles Bradlaugh.

A pioneer of the celebration of Shivaji and Ganpati festivals, Bal Gangadhar Tilak emph elastically declared time and again that, 'Swaraj is my birth-right and I will have it.' Through his writings in Kesari and Maharatta, he had much impact of his sociopolitical ideology in Maharashtra and elsewhere. Indeed his editorials were much critical of the doings of the Raj which remained his target till the last day of his life.

His ideology of the new system of education, his deportation to Mandalay Jail, Tai Maharaja Case, the Home Rule Movement with Mrs. Annie Besant, the Chirol Case and other events of his career speak of his sincere involvement for Swaraj and social change in our society. Undoubtedly he suffered much, but he stuck to his ideology supported by the extremists in his political camp. The chapters deal with his philosophy of life, long legal trials and the concept of Swaraj which was always dear to heart.

In the long-drawn political struggle the Raj several national leaders sacrificed their lives. They suffered in jails in India and abroad without any kind of anger or resentment on their lips. In such a galaxy of patriots Bhagat Singh's name figure in prominence, Born in a family of freedom fighter, his spirit was restless and carried on anti-Raj activities since his college days. The main areas of his college days. The main areas of his activities were the Punjab, Delhi, U.P. and Bengal. He organized the youth movement and generated a new awakening among them. Bhagat Singh was involved in the Saunders' murder case, the Assembly Bomb Case and waging a war against the British Government in India. He, along with Rajguru and Sukhdev, was sent to gallows in 1931 during the vice-royalty of Lord Irwin. The whole nation was shocked to hear such news indeed his martyrdom, along with other associates, occupy a unique position in the history of freedom movement of India.

Like any other contemporary leader who participated in the freedom struggle, the role of C.R.Das is a unique phenomenon in our sub-continent. In his younger days, he edited the Forward and the Narayana and as a lawyer gained much reputation on account of his brilliant advocacy in pleading in the Manicktulla Bomb Case, In 1919, he came into contact with Mahatma Gandhi and renounced all his comforts. As a capital leader, he possessed great organizing power and was well- conversant with the socio-economic trends in our society.

The themes covered in this book are his early career, education in England, his political ideology, as the Congress President, the founder of Swaraj Party and votary of the council entry Programme along with Pandit Motilal Nehru and the assessment of his career which was cut short in 1925.