Author: Anita Inder Singh
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 91
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123746962
Description
The book places the partition of India in an international perspective to show how reasons of state and religious, ethnic or cultural division have been inextricably intertwined in creating he situations that have led to partition in different parts of the world. The partition of India was one of the most cataclysmic events in world history.
The transfer of power to India and Pakistan in August 1947 was the first major act of decolonisation by the British, with far-reaching consequences on their international power. This book shows how and why British interests and political division between Indian parties combined to bring about the partition of British India, ostensibly on a religious basis in August 1947.
Contents
Partitions in an International Perspective
The Partition of India - The Questions
Background to Partition-The Communal Problem in India
The 1937 Elections, the Congress in Office, and the Muslim League without Power
India and the War, 1939-41 - Pakistan is Placed on the Political Agenda
The Muslim League makes Progress, 1942-45
The Rise of the Muslim League - From the Simla Conference to the elections of 1945-46
The Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946
The Interim government, Direct Action and Wavell’s Breakdown Plan, 1946-47
Prelude to Partition - November 1946 to February 1947
Divide and Quit
Conclusions