In this post, we will see two volumes of the book A History of India by  K. Antonova, G.  Bongard-Levin, and G. Kotovsky.Soviet historians compiled and published a four-volume History of India in 1959-1969 which was well received in the country concerned. This work, some of whose authors and editors have contributed to the present study as well, has been drawn on for this new History of India in two books. At the same time use has also been made of the latest research into Indian history carried out by scholars from both theSoviet Union and many other countries. It is hoped that this book will provide the reader with a deeper knowledge of India and the history and culture of its peoples, and thus promote friendly relations between India and the Soviet Union.The books were translated from the Russian by Katherine Judelson and designed by Y. Lilov. The books were first printed by Progress Publishers in 1979.Book 2THE BRITISH CONQUEST OF INDIA (EIGHTEENTH CENTURY)by K. A. Antonova 11The Fall of the Moghul Empire 11The Struggle Between the British and the French for India (1746-1763) 19The British Conquest of South India 32The Policies of the Colonial Authorities in India: Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 50The Economic Development of India in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 60The Final Stage of the Conquest of India 63Anti-Colonial Protest 65The Emergence of a Movement of the Bourgeoisie 68The Great Popular Uprising of 1857-1859 70Indian Culture in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 76INDIA AT THE ONSET OF IMPERIALISM (1860-1897) by G. G. Kotovsky 85Changes in the System of Colonial Administration 85India's Economic Development Between the 1860s and the 1890s 90The National Liberation Struggle of the Peoples of India Between the 1860s and the 1890s 101The Emergence of Bourgeois Nationalism and Its Various Trends 110INDIA IN THE PERIOD OF PRE-WAR IMPERIALISM, AS ASIA AWAKENS (1897-1917) by G. G. Kotovsky 116Mounting Contradictions Between Britain and India 116The Rising Tide of the Revolutionary Movement in 1905-1908 123India on the Eve of the First World War and Durina the War Years 134RECENT HISTORY OF INDIA THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY ONSLAUGHT AND THE EMERGENCE OF POLmCAL MASS ORGANISATIONS (1918-1927) by G. G. Kotovsky 153High Tide of the National Liberation Movement 153The Counter-Offensive of British Imperialism 171The Emergence of a Communist Movement in India and the Formation of Workers' and Peasants' Political Organisations 176THE RISE OF THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST MOVEMENT AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A UNITED FRONT (1928-1939) by G. G. Kotovsky 185A New Chapter in the National Liberation Struggle 85The Left Forces Assume a Stronger Position in the National Movement. Struggle for Leadership Intensifies 203 Progress Towards a United National Front. The Intensification of the Struggle Within the Congress 209INDIA IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR by G. G. Kotovsky 218The Position of the Political Parties and the Anti-Imperialist MovementDuring the Early War Years (1939-1941) 218The "August Revolution" of 1942 and British Colonial Rule 224The Economic and Political Situation in India in the Last Years of theWar: (1943-1945) 226THE FINAL STAGE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1945-1947) by G. G. Kotovsky 233The Mass Movement in 194.5-1946 and the Political Manoeuvring of theBritish Imperialists 233On the Road to Freedom 243THE DOMINION OF INDIA by G. G. Kotovsky 249First Steps on the Road to Independence 249Intensified Struggle 260THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA: BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONSOF INDEPENDENCE (1950-1964) by G. G. Kotovsky 266Internal Political Situation of the Early 1950s 266 Economic and Social Policy 274The Emergence of the Nehru Une in India's Domestic and Foreign Policy 288THE STRUGGLE TO PURSUE THE NEHRU LINE (1964-1972) by G. G. Kotovsky 310The Growing Economic and Political Crisis 310Consolidation of the Left Forces 319INDIA IN THE MID-SEVENTIES: DEEPENING CONTRADICTIONSIN THE INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT (1973-1977) by G. G. Kotovsky 327Economic Situation in the Mid-Seventies 327Internal Political Situation in 1973-1975 330A Turning-Point in India's Internal Political Development: the Emergency and the 1977 Elections 333Foreign Policy 337