Title: Towards freedom : documents on the movement for independence in India, 1945 /
Authors: Prasad, Bimal, 1923-2015; Indian Council of Historical Research
Publisher: Indian Council of Historical Research : Oxford University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: India History Autonomy and independence movements Sources.; India Politics and government Sources.; India History Sources.; India History Sources.
Abstract: "This volume systematically covers major developments of the year 1945, when the empire was perceived to be on the brink of its termination. Chapters 1, 9, and 10 cover various aspects of the Indian National Army-the campaigns, speeches and broadcasts, the trial, and the mass upsurge. Chapters 2 and 3 deal with the freedom campaign both in India and the West. Chapters 4 to 7 document the repeated failures to bring about a consensus on forming a government at the centre with various political parties. Chapter 8 focuses on the popular movements - States Peoples' movements and the Workers-Peasants' movements. The last chapter highlights certain pronouncements of leaders, debates on ideas about the future of India, and the publications that happened to occur in 1945."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: PREFACE; CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Chapter 1: Indian National Army and Subhas Chandra Bose; SECTION I : CAMPAIGNS OF INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY; SECTION II: SPEECHES AND BROADCASTS BY SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE; 2. Chapter 2 : For Freedom and Against Repression; 3. Chapter 3 : Freedom Campaign in the West (U.K. and U.S.A.); SECTION I: CAMPAIGN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; SECTION II CAMPAIGN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; 4. Chapter 4 : Moves for Conciliation; SECTION I: DESAI-LIAQUAT ALI PACT; SECTION II: THE CONCILIATION COMMITTEE PRESIDED OVER BY T.B. SAPRU (SAPRU COMMITTEE); 5. Chapter 5 : The Wavell Plan and the Simla Conference; 6. Chapter 6 : Political Activities after Simla Conference; SECTION I: INTENSIFIED DEMAND FOR FREEDOM AND PARTITION; SECTION II : POLITICS AND ELECTIONS; 7. Chapter 7 : Communist-Congress Controversy and the C.P.I. Programme; 8. Chapter 8: States Peoples' and Workers'-Peasants' Movement; SECTION I: STATES PEOPLES (UNLESS SPECIFIED, THE SOURCE IS CRR, NAI); SECTION II: WORKERS AND PEASANTS; 9. Chapter 9 : Proceedings in the I.N.A. Trial, Court Martial Document; SECTION I: TESTIMONIES AGAINST; SECTION II:TESTIMONIES IN FAVOUR; 10. Chapter 10: I.N.A. Trials and Mass Upsurge; 11. Chapter 11:Defence and Judgment in the INA Trial; 12. Chapter 12: Thoughts on Shaping New India; SECTION I: ECONOMIC ISSUES; SECTION II: FOREIGN RELATIONS; SECTION III: LANGUAGE POLICY; INDEX.