1. India: A History - John Keay
2. India After Gandhi - Ramachandra Guha
3. Indira - Katherine Frank
4. City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi - Willam Dalrymple (more of a travelogue with interesting historical tidbits)
5. The Last Mughal - William Dalrymple
6. The Great Uprising: India, 1857 - Pramod K. Nayar
7. Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, His People and an Empire - Rajmohan Gandhi
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India's Struggle for Independence - this used to be very popular with the people preparing for civil services.
You mean the Penguin title? It sells well, probably due to a lack of options.
The other popular text is by Percival Spear that covers the independence struggle period (part of a two volume history)
http://www.amazon.com/History-India-Vol-2/dp/0140138366
The Oxford book is also good in patches but has a horrible Indian print.
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-India-V-Smith/dp/0195612973/ref=pd_sim_b_3
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