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This study presents an analytical account of secular trends in the liberation struggle in India from Swadeshi to independence. It examines the democratic movement which began to take root on the Indian soil in the nineteenth century. The Indian National Congress finds a place of prominence in this study. The Congress represented the historic growth towards the democratic and secular institutions and ideas despite the nationalistic limitations imposed by the presence of the alien imperial power in the country.

The study endeavours to examine the struggle for democratic institutions and the increased participation of the people in the formation of state and its policies with a view to determining their own destiny transcending existing differences of region, caste, colour and creed.

Reform Acts, reports and resolutions published by the imperial rulers as well as the reform proposals and resolutions passed by the Congress best representing their policies, have been relied upon.