A new book describes Delhi University students’ participation in the freedom movement

What happened: A new book covers Delhi University students' role in the freedom movement. The interview is with Durga Chand, grandson of Amir Chand, one of four hanged in the Hardinge bomb case, whose family runs publisher M/S S Chand and Company. Key numbers: Company founded in 1917. Amir Chand hanged in 1915. Why it matters: The account links the family's textbook publishing business, which sold affordable books by Indian professors in a market dominated by European publishers, to the freedom movement history the book describes.

A new book covers Delhi University students' role in the freedom movement. The interview is with Durga Chand, grandson of Amir Chand, one of four hanged in the Hardinge bomb case, whose family runs publisher M/S S Chand and Company.

The account links the family's textbook publishing business, which sold affordable books by Indian professors in a market dominated by European publishers, to the freedom movement history the book describes.