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The dawn of freedom over India in August 1947, after a long and bitter struggle against British imperialism, was one of the seminal developments of the twentieth century. Small wonder, then that this struggle has aroused substantial scholarly interest over the past decades. Yet, despite the enormous body of literature upon the manner in which India won freedom, at the same time as the subcontinent was partitioned into two sovereign states, various facets of this historical phenomenon still remain unexplored. To stimulate new scholarly research on the struggle for freedom in India, the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library organized a symposium at which social scientists and humanists could collectively take a look at the past, not only for?antiquarian?reasons,?but?also?to?illumine?the?present.
Most of the 17 essays incorporated in this volume were presented by distinguished?scholars?at?the?symposium?held?in?1984.
The well known historian Prof. Ravinder Kumar, the then Director of NMM&L?has?contributed?an?Introduction?to?the?volume.
The volume is being made available again in response to the demand from?the?scholarly?community/scholars.
Contents
Preface VII
Contibutors Ix
Introduction Ravinder Kumar Xiii
Imprial Strategy Anmd The Tranfer Of Power, 1939-51 Partha Sarathi Gupta 1
British Policy, Nationalist Stragtegy And Popular National Upsurge 1945-46 Sucheta Mahajan 54
Gandhi And India's Partition Bimal Prasad 99
Nationlist And Separatist Trends In Aligarh 1915-1947 Mushirul Hassan 116
Bengal Students In Revolt Against The Raj 1945-46 Gautam Chattopadhyay 152
Changes In Inudstrial Control In Eastern India 1930-50; An Exploratory Essays Omkar Goswami 172
Some Aspects Of Bihar's Industrial Exonomy On The Eve Of Independence Girish Mishra 197
Pakhtum Nationalist Movemednt And Transfer Of Power In India Baren Ray 225
Socio-Economic Conditions In The Punjab On The Even Of Independence And Partition Satya M. Rai 292
The Trauma Of Independence Some Aspects Of Progressive Hinid Literaturer 1945-47 Alok Rai 309
The Freedom Struggle And The Bengali Literautre Of The 1940s Tapati Chakravarty 328
The Partition Novls Of Nanak Singh S. S. Hans 365
The P[Artition Theme In Indo-Anglian Novels N.K.Jain 378
Congress Politics And Peasant Unrest In Bihar 1946-47 Radhaianta Barik 395
Peasants Wsoreks And Freedom Strugfgle, Jalpaiguri 1945-47 Ranajit Das Gupta 415
The Communists And The Outbreak Of The Telgana Rising May 1944-February 1947 Amit Kumar Gupta 459
]Index 485
