The Transfer of Power in IndiaThe author recounts in detail the events that occurred from September 1939 to August 1947, during the final stages of India s bid for freedom, and how power was actually transferred. |
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Contents
The Goal of British Policy page | 1 |
AllIndia Federation A Lost Ideal | 40 |
War and the Deadlock | 58 |
The August Offer and After | 86 |
The Cripps Mission | 115 |
The Stalemate Continues | 139 |
A New Approach | 167 |
The Simla Conference | 182 |
Acceptance of the Plan | 371 |
The Implementation of the Plan | 387 |
The Birth of Two Dominions | 404 |
The Aftermath of Partition | 417 |
Conclusion | 436 |
Extracts from a Report of the Punjab Legislative Assembly Debates 11 March | 443 |
Broadcast Speech on The Viceroy Lord Wavell 14 June 1945 | 459 |
Secretary of State for India L S Amery | 462 |
The General Elections | 216 |
The Cabinet Mission I | 236 |
The Cabinet Mission II | 256 |
The Interim Government I | 280 |
The Interim Government II | 301 |
The Constituent Assembly | 318 |
The Evolution of a Plan | 350 |
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| Title | The Transfer of Power in India |
| Author | V.P. Menon |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Orient Blackswan, 1998 |
| ISBN | 8125008845, 9788125008842 |
| Length | 543 pages |
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