Full Description
A number of books have been written on the 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny but the true story of this historic event remains untold with few facts deliberately suppressed. The Inquiry Commission report gave graphic details of mutinous acts at all the naval stations but it awarded no punishment to the guilty. It glossed over the bad conditions of service leading to the mutiny. It recommended no action against naval administration although bad service conditions were stated to be the root cause of mutiny in the Navy. It was an irony of British Naval Justice that the men voicing these bad service conditions were punished under the Naval Discipline Act. This book attempts to bring out a concise version of the composition and administration of the Navy including its sudden expansion during the World War II. The author's long association with naval counter intelligence has helped him to discern some unknown facts of this mutiny which are reflected in this book. It gives the build up and administrative background of Royal Indian Navy and details of mutinous acts in all stations because of which India did not have to fight any more for its freedom.
The book, therefore, appropriately bears the title of Untold Story 1946 Naval Mutiny: Last War of Independence.
Contents
A Glance at the Sepoy (1857) and Sailors' (1946) Mutinies 1 Birth of the Royal Indian Navy - British Compulsions Need For Navy2 Rapid Growth causes Discontent3 Politics and Political Backdrop4 Previous Uprisings- State of Discipline during War5 Organization and Administration in Navy6 Causes of Discontentment7 Prelude to Mutiny8 Escalation9 Recipe of Mutiny10 Course of Mutiny11 Mutiny, a Serious Question12 Hidden Truth13 Verdict Guilty but Historic14 Mutiny Revisited SourcesAbbreviations Used
