Adhunika Bharata Charitra addresses issues of the difference between the British occupation of India and other foreign rulers who ruled India. It asks what the relationship is between the 1857 First War of Indian Independence and the freedom movement. It raises issues of the consequences of colonial rule to post independent India. \n \nBipan Chandra was an Indian historian specialising in the economic and political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, he specialized in the Indian independence movement and is considered a leading scholar on Mahatma Gandhi. He also served as Chairman, National Book Trust of India. \n \nTranslator Sahavasi is a noted personality in the Telugu cultural and literary world. He initiated a new tradition in Telugu translation