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The Making of the Twentieth Century This series ofs pecially commissioned titles focuses attention on significant and often controversial events and themes of world history in the present century. The authors, many of them already outstanding in their field, have tried to close the gap between the intelligent layman, whose interest is aroused by recent history, and the specialist student at university. Each book will therifore provide sufficient narrative and explanation for the newcomer while offering the specialist student detailed source-riferences and biblio graphies, together with interpretation and reassessment in the light ofr ecent scholarship. In the choice of subjects there will be a balance between breadth in some spheres and detail in others; between the essentially political and matters scientific, economic or social. The series cannot be a comprehensive account of everything that has happened in the twentieth century, but it will provide a guide to recent research and explain some thing of the times ofe xtraordinary change and complexity in which we live. The Making of the Twentieth Century Series Editor: CHRISTOPHER THORNE Other tides in the Series include Already published Anthony Harrison, The Framework ofE conomic Activiry: The International Economy and the Rise of the State A. J. 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Pandey 1969 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st edition 1969978-0-333-03821-5 Published by MACMILLAN AND CO LTD Little Essex Street London w C2 and also at Bombay Calcutta and Madras Macmillan South Africa (Publishers) Pty Ltd Johannesburg The Macmillan Company if Australia Pty Lid Melbourne The Macmillan Company ifCanada Ltd Toronto St Martin' s Press Inc New lork Gilt and Macmiltan Ltd Dublin Library ofCongress catalog card no. 6g-16502 FOR Beni Prasad Kanoria Contents List of Plates and Maps pageix Acknowledgements x List of Abbreviations xi Preface xiii I The Pinnacle of the Empire I 2 The Hindu Discovery of a Nation 26 3 The Growth of Muslim Separatism 55 4 The Struggle for Unity, 1910-1928 81 5 Democracy Divides, 1929-1939 130 6 When Men Made History, 1940-1947 152 7 India Divided, March-August 1947 191 8 In Retrospect 212 Chronological Tab'" 217 Bibliography 228 Index 237 Plates and Maps The cover picture shows a cartoon from Punch, 14 May 1930 PLATES between pages I 12 and I 13 la 'An imperialist heart and soul', Lord Curzon (Viceroy 1899-1905) b The great Delhi Durbar procession, December 191 I 2a Moplah rebels taken to trial. Gandhi's civil dis obedience campaign, 1920-2 b Chauri Chaura victims and the ruined police station sa Cartoon from Punch, 14 May 1930 b Cartoon from Punch, 28January 1931 4a Lord Wavell, Viceroy 1943-7 b Jinnah and Nehru in Simla, 1946 5a Prime Minister Attlee courageously resolved in Febru ary 1947 that Britain must withdraw from India b Lord Mountbatten and Mahatma Gandhi in March 1947 Sa Sir Stafford Cripps withJinnah in 1942 b The first Simla Conference, June-July 1945 7a The Cabinet Mission at a press conference, 17 May 1946 b The historic meeting of 2 June 1947 X PLATES AND MAPS Sa The birth of Pakistan, Karachi, 14 August 1947 b Inauguration of the Indian Dominion, 15 August 1947 The author and publishers wish to thank the following for per mission to reproduce the plates: la, b, 2a, b, 5a, b, 6a, Radio Times Hulton Picture Library; 3a, b, ~h; 4a, Paul Popper; 4b, 8a, Pakistan High Commission; 6b, Fox Photos; 7a, Information Service of India; 7b, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library; 8b, Camera Press. MAPS India before 15 August 1947 xvi India and Pakistan after 15 August 1947 Abbreviations P.I.S.P. Partition rif India Seminar Papers at tke School rif Oriental and African Studies, University rif London. Select Documents The Evolution rif India and Pakistan 1856- 1947, Select Documents, edited by C. H. Philips and others.
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