| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| Foreword, by J. T. Sunderland | vii |
| Preface to the Second Edition | xxvii |
| Introduction | 1 |
| I. The General Viewpoint of the Indian Nationalist | 67 |
| First Invasion of India | 68 |
| Chandra Gupta and Asoka | 69 |
| India Practically Independent Up to the Twelfth Century | 70 |
| Muslim Rule | 71 |
| Muslim Rule in India not Foreign | 73 |
| India Under the British | 76 |
| Political Disqualification of the Indians | 78 |
| Indians May not Carry Arms | 80 |
| Loyalty of Ruling Chiefs | 90 |
| Middle Class Desires Political Freedom | 92 |
| II. India from 1757 to 1857 | 95 |
| Conflict of French and English in India | 96 |
| How British Rule in India Was Established | 96 |
| Methods of Consolidation of British India | 97 |
| British Public Ignorant of Facts | 98 |
| Conquest of India Diplomatic, not Military | 100 |
| The Great Indian Mutiny of 1857 | 101 |
| How the Mutiny Was Put Down | 102 |
| III. India from 1857 to 1905 | 109 |
| Part I. From 1857 to 1885. |
| The Bengalee Babu | 109 |
| Forces Resisting Denationalisation | 114 |
| Political Disappointments | 115 |
| Lord Ripon | 118 |
| Lord Dufferin | 121 |
| Part II. The Birth of the Indian National Congress. |
| Indian National Congress an English Product | 122 |
| Hume, a Lover of Liberty | 124 |
| Congress to Save British Empire from Danger | 126 |
| The Congress Lacked Essentials of a National Movement | 138 |
| Hume’s Political Movement | 141 |
| Congress Overawed | 253 |
