How long does it take to read A Brief History of Modern India?
Rajiv Ahir
A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir takes about 18 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 18 hours 38 minutes
A long haul
First published 2017. 1,016 pages, about 279,400 words.
38 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 31 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 18 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book brings together various aspects of the turbulent period (from arrival of the Europeans on Indian soil and the establishment of British rule in India to the day India won independence and the early years of freedom) in a systematic and succinct manner: major and important details and milestones are effectively discussed while several relevant but little known details are also highlighted.It is not just the mainstream freedom struggle that has been considered; the disparate efforts—small but significant— of several groups have also been discussed. The political and socio-economic developments that have influenced the growth of modern India have been dealt with in independent chapters.
Subjects: UPSC books, indian modern history, spectrum history
