Hunger Strike in Andamans (Repression and Resistance of transported Prisoners in Cellular Jail, 12 May – 26 June 1933) is a well documented history of third hunger – strike by transported prisoners in cellular jail in which three participants had died during forced feeding. The repression of the transported prisoners by the colonial government and the resistance by those prisoners had stirred the lull created in the political atmosphere of India after the suppression of the Gandhi’s salt Satyagraha movement. Dr. Pramod Kumar has successfully attempted to recreate the dreaded scenario on the basis of both the official documents available in India and London, and the testimony of the participants in the historic event. The book will be of interest to common readers, historians, freedom fighters, political scientists, students and activists.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pramod Kumar
Born on 7 October 1952, in a remote village of District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dr. Pramod Kumar has done Ph.D. on the American Imperialism in Philippines and D. Litt. Under the UGC scheme of Research Associateship, on the Struggle for Existence of British colonies of South Pacific Islands, the Fiji islands, the Solomon Islands, the islands of New Hebrides and Tonga. In 19987 his manuscript on the history of the Freedom Struggle of India bagged merit award of Rs. 10,000/= in a National Competition organized by Delhi administration. In 1992-93 he visited twice the India Office Records and Library (London), Broadland Archives (Southampton), school of Oriental and African Studies (London) and London School of Economics and Politics for the purpose of the collection of documents on Freedom Struggle of India. In 1993-94 he provided Editorial Assistance to bring a special issue of Young Indian on 1942’s Quit India Movement. He has also documented the role and experiences of transported political prisoners of Cellular Jail, /Andaman Islands with the financial assistance granted by ICHR and presented a paper “Hunger Strike in Andamans†at the European Social Science History Conference, the Hague, the Netherlands, in February 2002.
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