The Re-Educated Indian

Book excerpt: The Re-Educated Indian is a concise overview of all of Indian history, with dozens of bite-sized chapters on all the things an Indian person, or someone interested in Indian history, should know. We start at 4000 BC with ancient Indian civilization and go all the way up to Independence. Many young Indians, both in India and abroad, don't know large chunks of Indian history or know what *really* happened, and this book aims to correct that. In this book, you'll learn about all sorts of important historical figures like Ashoka the Great, Tipu Sultan, Rukhmabai, and Dadabhai Naoroji. You'll also learn about all sorts of kingdoms like the Gupta empire, the Nawabs of Bengal, the Vijaynagar empire in South India, as well as visits from the Europeans and the colonial era. In addition, we'll cover interesting bits of Indian history like the invention of black pepper, sugar, chess, and the history of Yoga and Ayurveda. There's also fun sections on pehlwani ("wrestling") and why Indians love gold. The book is extensively researched with 300+ citations and presents a historical, but opinionated view of Indian history. I hope you'll enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it.