Author: Sisir Kumar Bose
Sugata Bose/
Translator(s)/Editor: Sisir Kumar Bose/Sugata Bose
Publisher: Permanent Black
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 306
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817824103X
Description
In 1938 Subhas Chandra Bose reached the peak of his political life, when he was elected President of the Indian National Congress. Leading the forces of anti-colonialism and socialism, he was re-elected in 1939, having defeated Gandhi’s nominee in a bitterly contested election. However, in the face of vehement opposition from the right wing of the congress and Gandhi, he resigned.
This volume brings together Bose's letters, writings and speeches from January 1938 until just after his resignation in April 1939. It includes the famous Haripura Address of February 1938. Other pieces deal with socialism, national planning, science, Hindu-Muslim relations, the role of women, and European politics. Among the 120 letters here are sets of correspondence with Gandhi, Tagore, Jinnah and Nehru.
Contents
PHOTOGRAPHS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
Speeches, Articles and Statements
January 1938-April 1939
1. On Congress and the constitution, Fascism and Communism: report of an interview with R. Palme Dutt published in the Daily worker, London, 24 January 1938.
2. The Haripura address: Presidential address at the 51 Session of the Indian National Congress, February, 1938.
3. Municipal socialism: address to the Bombay corporation, 10 May 1938.
4. Congress Medical Mission to China: Bose's public statement and appeal, 28 June 1938; Bose's speech at University Institute Hall, 12 August 1938; Bose's farewell message to Congress Medical Mission to China.
5. On the Federal Scheme: statement issued on 9 July 1938.
6. Science and politics: answers to questions posed by Meghnad Saha, 21 August 1938.
7. The industrial problems of India: speech at the Industries Ministers Conference, 2 October 1938.
8. the student's movement: message to the UP student's conference, 29 October 1938.
9. Our needs and our duties: article in the National front, October 1938.
10. The European crisis--analysis of the debacle: article in The Congress Socialist, October 1938.
11. On Kemal Ataturk: statement issued on Ataturk's death, November 1938.
12. The National Planning Committee: inauguration speech, 17 December 1938.
13. A minimum clear-cut programme: statement issued on 17 January 1939.
14. The Tripuri presidential election debate: statements and counter-statements, 21 January to 4 February 1939.
15. The Tripuri address: presidential address at the 52 Session of the Indian National Congress, March 1939.
16. My strange illness: article in the Modern review, April 1939.
17. Statement on Resignation from Congress president ship issued on 29 April 1939.
MAJOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE.
1. Bose-Jinnah Correspondence
To Jinnah, 14 May 1938
To Jinnah, 15 May 1938
From Jinnah, 16 May 1938
From Jinnah, 6 June 1938
To Jinnah, 21 June 1938
To Jinnah, 27 June 1938
To Jinnah, 25 July 1938
From Jinnah, 2 August 1938
To Jinnah, 16 August 1938
To Jinnah, 2 October 1938
From Jinnah, 9 October 1938
To Jinnah, 16 December 1938
2. Bose-Gandhi Correspondence:
To Gandhi, 21 December 1938
To Gandhi, 24 March 1939
From Gandhi, 25 March 1939
To Gandhi, 25 March 1939
To Gandhi, 25 March 1939
To Gandhi, 25 March 1939
From Gandhi, 24 March 1939
To Gandhi, 26 March 1939
From Gandhi, 26 March 1939
To Gandhi, 29 March 1939
To Gandhi, 29 March 1939
From Gandhi, 30 March 1939
From Gandhi, 31 March 1939
To Gandhi, 31 March 1939
From Gandhi, 1 April 1939
From Gandhi, 31 March 1939
To Gandhi, 1 April 1939
From Gandhi, 2 April 1939
From Gandhi, 2 April 1939
To Gandhi, 3 April 1939
From Gandhi, 4 April 1939
To Gandhi, 5 April 1939
From Gandhi, 5 April 1939
To Gandhi, 5 April 1939
To Gandhi, 5 April 1939
From Gandhi, 5 April 1939
To Gandhi, 6 April 1939
To Gandhi, 7 April 1939
From Gandhi, 7 April 1939
From Gandhi, 7 April 1939
To Gandhi, 10 April 1939
From Gandhi, 10 April 1939
To Gandhi, 13 April 1939
To Gandhi, 14 April 1939
From Gandhi, 14 April 1939
To Gandhi, 14 April 1939
To Gandhi, 15 April 1939
To Gandhi, 15 April 1939
From Gandhi, 17 April 1939
To Gandhi, 18 April 1939
From Gandhi, 18 April 1939
From Gandhi, 19 April 1939
To Gandhi, 20 April 1939
To Gandhi, 20 April 1939
To Gandhi, 20 April 1939
To Gandhi, 22 April 1939
From Gandhi, 29 April 1939
To Gandhi, 5 May 1939
From Gandhi, 6 May 1939
3. Bose-Nehru Correspondence:
From Nehru, 23 April 1928
To Nehru, 19 October 1938
From Nehru, 4 February 1939
To Nehru, 10 February 1939
From Nehru, 1 March 1939
From Nehru, 16 March 1939
From Nehru, 22 March 193
To Nehru, 28 March 1939
From Nehru, 3 April 1939
From Nehru, 3 April 1939
To Nehru, 15 April 1939
From Nehru, 17 April 1939
To Nehru, 20 April 1939
4. Bose-Tagore Correspondence:
From Tagore, 20 November 1938
To Tagore, 14 December 1938
From Tagore, 20 December 1938
From Tagore, 14 January 1939
From Tagore, 19 January 1939
Tagore’s Call to Bose, 21 January 1939
Bose’s Response to Tagore, 21 January 1939
From Tagore, 27 January 1939
Tagore’s Deshnayak Address
From Tagore, 2 April 1939
From Tagore, 27 May 1939
OTHER LETTERS
To E Woods, 16 January 1938
To Naomi Vetter, 21 January 1938
From Rash Behari Bose, 25 January 1938
To Basanti Devi, 6 February 1938
To H V Kamath, 12 February 1938
From Will Richter, 4 March 1938
To Mrs Dharmavir, 22 March 1938
To Sita Dharmavir, 22 March 1938
To Naomi Vetter, 26 March 1938
To Naomi Vetter, 9 April 1938
To Santosh Sen, 20 May 1938
To Sita Dharmavir, 21 May 1938
To Atul Chandra Kumar, 3 June 1938
To Sita Dharmavir, 23 June 1938
From B C Roy, 18 July 1938
To Biswanath Das, 15 August 1938
To Biswanath Das, 15 August 1938
From Aparna Devi, 23 August 1938
To B C Roy, 2 September 1938
T Amita Purkayastha (Guha), 3 September 1938
From B Cy Roy, 10 October 1938
To (Unclear) in Jamnalal Bajaj Papers, 21 October 1938.
From M N Roy, 22 October 1938
To Daily Doorbin, 23 October 1938
To Amala Nundy (Shankar), 11 November 1938
From M N Roy, 1 February 1939
To Mustapha El Nahas Pasha, 7 February 1939
To Acting General Secretary AICC regarding visit to Egyptian Delegation, 28 February 1939
From M N Roy, 5 March 1939
To Jacob Gunanidhi Biswas, 14 April 1939
To Amiya Nath Bose, 17 April 1939
From M N Roy, 18 April 1939
To Acting General Secretary, AICC, 18 April 1939
To Sita Sen, 19 April 1939