TY - BOOK AU - Panigrahi,D.N. AU - TI - India's partition: the story of imperialism in retreat T2 - British foreign and colonial policy U1 - 954.042 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - India KW - History KW - Partition, 1947 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Illustrations Maps Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary Introduction I II III IV Notes 1 The Making of Jinnah Jinnah’s marriage and attitude towards Hindus Jinnah’s political ambition: discomfiture and fulfilment Notes 2 Storming the Muslim League The Nehru Report and the parting of the ways Jinnah’s unpopularity in the Muslim-majority provinces Jinnah’s behaviour pattern against dissidents Shia–Sunni controversy The Congress atrocities: myth and reality, 1937–39 Notes 3 The Second World War, the Conservatives and the Muslim League Winston Churchill and the Conservative stance The Indian political scenario The Labour initiatives Linlithgow–Jinnah: understanding and collaboration Notes 4 The Pakistan Resolution and Gandhi–Jinnah Dialogue Jinnah’s two-nation theory Gandhi–Jinnah dialogue Notes 5 The Cripps Offer, 1942 Background of the Cripps mission Cripps: negotiating a settlement Goodbye Mr Cripps: Linlithgow–Cripps row The tory betrayal and the failure of the mission Notes 6 Quit India and the Aftermath The Quit India Movement The mass upheaval The aftermath Notes 7 From Simla Conference to Partition The Simla Conference, 1945 The political scenario and the Cabinet mission, 1946 Towards Jinnah’s Direct Action, August 1946 The Direct Action The Pakistan Movement The partition of India Notes 8 Concluding Remarks Note Biographical Data Bibliography Primary sources, British Library, London Primary sources, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, New Delhi Primary sources: published documents Secondary sources; Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015 N2 - Based on new source material available in both England and India, India's Partition examines the partition in the context of the retreat of the British Empire. The freeing of India from British rule was the result of internal forces in both countries, while the split of the subcontinent along religious lines served as a harbinger for things to come. Panigrahi argues that partition was not a foregone conclusion and was not the favoured option for most of the main parties, but rather was the result of a unique set of circumstances. An erudite exploration of the highly complex relations between India and Britain leading up to independence and the split, India's Partition looks at the leaders who made far-reaching decisions - and their motivations - during this critical time UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gla/detail.action?docID=199697 ER -