यह आधुनिक भारत के इतिहास की अत्यन्त लोकप्रिय एवं सबसे अधिक बिकने वाली पुस्तकों में से एक है। इसमें आधुनिक भारत के इतिहास (1707 ई. से आधुनिक काल तक) के विभिन्न पहलुओं की विस्तार से विवेचना की गयी है। इस पुस्तक में न केवल तथ्यात्मक आँकड़ों का समावेश है अपितु इसमें विभिन्न विषयों पर पाश्चात्य एवं भारतीय इतिहासकारों की व्याख्या दी गयी है। यह पुस्तक इतिहास के स्नातक स्तर के विद्यार्थियों के लिए उपयोगी है साथ ही विभिन्न प्रतियोगी परीक्षाओं में सम्मिलित हो रहे अभ्यर्थी भी इससे लाभान्वित होंगे।

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