Towards freedom
Subtitle: documents on the movement for independence in India, 1945
By: edited by Bimal Prasad ; with a preface by the general editor, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya.
Contributors: Prasad, Bimal, 1925-; Indian Council of Historical Research.
Series: ICHR, towards freedom
Publisher: Indian Council of Historical Research; Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1081
ISBN-13: 9780195695304
Subjects: India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements -- Sources; India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 -- Sources; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Other titles: Towards freedom, 1945
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes index.