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Historian and writer Ramchandra Guhas book Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for Indias Freedom has won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2023..
Guha has been awarded 5,000 (5 lakhs approximately) and a bound copy of Elizabeth Longfords memoir, The Pebbled Shore...
The Bengaluru-based historians book tells the story of seven foreigners four British, Two American, and one Irish who joined Indias freedom fight against British rule..
Ramachandra Guhas Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for Indias Freedom profiles seven people from Britain, America, and Ireland who adopted Indias struggle for independence and, in doing so, found their own destinies..
Previous winners of the award include The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour, How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: Not for Turning by Charles Moore and Julian Jacksons A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle...
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