Colonialism and Politics in India

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Nationalism and colonialism. 2. The evolution of political life in India. 3. The politics of the Indian states, the chamber of princes and the federal idea. 4. The origin of the Round Table and the London Conference of 1930 and 1931. 5. Political forces at work during 1932. 6. Political activities from Lord William Bentick\'s Education Policy (1832) to the birth of the Congress Party (1884). 7. The Indian National Congress in its various phases. 8. Liberalism--for progress and moderation. 9. Interrelation between religion and politics. 10. Muhammadan movements. 11. Extremism--the philosophy of political radicalism. 12. Minority communities. 13. Women in Indian politics. 14. The legislatures and the coming of parliamentary institutions. 15. Some outstanding political leaders. 16. The synthetic vision : Gandhi. Bibliography. Index.

"This book is designed to be useful for students of modern Indian history and political science of the Indian and foreign universities. It is equally important for competitive examinations of both history as well as political sciences. Special care has been exercised in selecting innovative and interesting essays. Material has been collected in accordance with the course contents for the above objective in view.

In preparing this work we have incurred indebtedness and gratitude of profound scholars on the subject." (jacket)