Prelude to Indian Independence (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. The Cripps Mission: Preface. 1. Sir Stafford Cripps comes to India/Jawaharlal Nehru. 2. The Cripps Proposal/Rajendra Prasad. 3. Sir Stafford Cripps\' Mission and Britain\'s duty to India/K.K. Bhattacharya. 4. The Cripps Mission/John Coatman. 5. The Cripps Mission/R. Coupland. 6. Sir Stafford Cripps\' Mission/Naresh Chandra Roy. 7. The Cripps Mission/Kate L. Mitchell. 8. The Cripps Mission/T.A. Raman. 9. Cripps Mission/H.R. Aiyer. 10. The Cripps Mission/Lord Huntingdon. 11. Cripps makes his offer/Dewitt Mackenzie. 12. The Cripps Mission/Kumar Goshal. 13. The Stafford Cripps Mission/L.S. Amery. 14. The Cripps Mission in retrospect/Horace Alexander. 15. Sir Stafford Cripps and after/Albion Raj Kumar Banerji. 16. Cripps Mission and after/Matlubul Hasan Saiyid. 17. Sir Stafford Cripps\' Mission and Akhand Hindusthan/Raja Narindra Nath. 18. The mystery of Sir Stafford Cripps/Rammanohar Lohia. 19. Congress and Cripps\' Proposals/Indra Prakash. 20. The hollowness of the Cripps offer/Syama Prasad Mookerjee. 21. Why Cripps failed?/M. Subrahmanyam. 22. Failure of Cripps\' Mission: what next?/K.K. Bhattacharya. Statements, Correspondence, Interviews, Resolutions, etc.: 23. The Cripps Mission, 1942. 24. Jawaharlal Nehru and the Cripps Mission. 25. Interview with Sir Stafford Cripps. 26. Proceedings of a Press Conference held by Sir Stafford Cripps on 29 March, 1942. 27. Cripps\'s Broadcast. 28. Congress-Cripps Correspondence. 29. Cripps\' Report of his interview with Jawaharlal and Maulana Azad. 30. Resolution of Congress Working Committee, April 2, 1942. 31. Resolution of Muslim League Working Committee, April 2, 1942. 32. Momin Conference Memorandum. 33. The Liberal Federation\'s Memorandum. 34. Depressed Classes Reject Scheme. 35. Sikhs Reject Proposals. 36. Hindu Mahasabha Memorandum. 37. States Peoples\' Conference. 38. The Indian Princes and the Cripps Mission: Resolution of the Indian States Delegation. 39. Joint Memorandum. 40. Jawaharlal Nehru\'s reply to American Press Comments. 41. The Congress President at a Press Conference. 42. Farewell Broadcast. 43. Jawaharlal Nehru and the Cripps Mission. 44. Sir Stafford\'s Broadcast to America. 45. Cripps explains breakdown in Commons. 46. Latif-Azad Correspondence. 47. Cripps\'s Belated Theory. Index.

Vol. II. The Cabinet Mission: Preface. 1. India steps forward. 2. A good team. 3. Nationalist leaders speak. 4. Congress welcomes British decision. 5. Muslim League perturbed/C.R. Srinivasan. 6. The British Mission. 7. The Cabinet Mission. 8. British Opinion. 9. Reuter Edits Attlee\'s Speech. 10. America Applauds Attlee. 11. Foreign Press Comments. 12. World reactions. 13. Debate in House of Commons, March 15, 1946. 14. Prime Minister\'s Statement. 15. Arrival of the Mission, March 23, 1946. 16. Statement of Lord Pethick-Lawrence--March 25, 1946. 17. Sikh Negotiation with the Cabinet Mission. 18. The Muslim League Legislators\' Convention. 19. The Hindu Mahasabha and the Cabinet Mission. 20. Communist Party Memorandum to the Cabinet Mission. 21. Landholders\' Memorandum to Cabinet Mission New Delhi, 15 April 1946. 22. Tripartite Correspondence, New Delhi--27 April to 12 May 1946. 23. Congress suggestion of Umpire. 24. Sir Stafford Cripps at Press Conference New Delhi--16 May 1946. 25. Lord Pethick-Lawrence\'s Broadcast New Delhi, 16 May 1946. 26. Statement by the Cabinet Delegation and His Excellency the Viceroy, 16 May 1946. 27. Debate in the Parliament. 28. General Auchinleck on the position of Armed Forces New Delhi--17 May 1946. 29. Lord Wavell\'s Broadcast, New Delhi--17 May 1946. 30. Lord Pethick Lawrence at Press Conference New Delhi--17 May 1946. 31. Cabinet Mission Press Conference of 17 May 1946. 32. Muslim League Negotiation with the Cabinet Mission Jinnah\'s Reaction to Cabinet Plan. 33. The Indian States and the Cabinet Mission. 34. Congress Negotiation with the Cabinet Mission. 35. Establishment of Interim National Government. 36. Mahatma Gandhi on Cabinet Mission\'s Statement. 37. Mahatma Gandhi on the Cabinet Mission\'s Plan, June 2, 1946. 38. The Viceroy\'s Letter to Mr. Jinnah, June 4, 1946. 39. League accepts Cabinet Plan. 40. Indian Princes on the Cabinet Mission\'s Plan, June 7, 1945. 41. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on States Peoples\' Rights, June 8, 1946. 42. The All-India States Peoples\' Conference on the Cabinet Mission\'s Plan, June 10, 1946. 43. Parity in the Interim Government. 44. Statement by Cabinet Delegation and the Viceroy, New Delhi--16 June, 1946. 45. Cripps\' Statement in the House of Commons. 46. The Azad-Wavell Correspondence New Delhi--18 June to 25 June, 1946. 47. The Anglo-Indians and the Cabinet Mission. 48. Mahatma Gandhi on Europeans\' Right to Vote for Constituent Assembly, June 23, 1946. 49. Lawyers\' opinions on Europeans\' Right to Vote for Constituent Assembly. 50. The Working Committee Resolution--26 June, 1946. 51. Cabinet Delegation Leave India. 52. All-India Congress Committee Resolution, July 6-7, 1946. 53. Pandit Nehru\'s Speech, July 10, 1946. 54. Pandit Nehru at Press Conference, July 10, 1946 (Bombay). 55. Mr. Jinnah\'s Statement, July 13, 1946. 56. Statement of Sir Stafford Cripps, July 18, 1946. 57. Statement of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, July 18, 1946. 58. Resolutions of the Muslim League Council, July 29, 1946. 59. Procedure of election to the Constituent Assembly. 60. Members of the Constituent Assembly. 61. The Cabinet Mission at Work, March 27--June 29, 1946: a chronology. 62. Cabinet Delegation\'s Labours at a Glance. Index.

"The period of eight years between the World War II and the Transfer of Power, demonstrates political convulsions in the history of Modern India. It was during this span that two important events, viz., The Cripps Mission and The Cabinet Mission had taken place and with their occurrence, it was felt in every circle, that it was no longer for Indian people now to remain in the clutches of British imperialism.

It is a hard core fact that, over the years, the study of this crucial period is attracting the interaction of an increasing number of scholars all over the world. Hence, viewing these years in a global perspective, the present theme Prelude to Indian Independence has been systematically and carefully conceived and finally categorized into two volumes, viz., Vol. I -- The Cripps Mission and Vol. II -- The Cabinet Mission. This academic venture will meet a long-felt need of the scholarly community all over the world." (jacket)