India's freedom struggle 1857-1947 : a short history / by Peter Heehs

Includes bibliography and index.

TRYST WITH DESTINY -- DISUNITY AND LOSS OF FREEDOM: The decline of the Mughal empire -- The coming of the Europeans -- England's conquest of India -- The reasons for India's defeat -- BRITISH RULE AND INDIAN REVOLT: The administration of India under the East India Company -- The Economic Ruination of India -- The change of policy -- The Great Revolt of 1857 -- THE BIRTH OF MODERN INDIA: The rise of a new leadership -- The rediscovery of India's past -- Raja Rammohan Roy -- Young Bengal and the Brahmo Samaj -- The significance of social reform -- Cultural awakening -- Reform and religious revival after the Great Revolt -- The Indian renaissance- an evaluation -- THE RISE OF NATIONALISM 1858-1900: General factors in the growth of nationalism -- The administration of India after 1858 -- Early attempts at Nationalist Organization -- Lord Ripon and the Ilbert Bill Controversy -- The Indian National Congress -- THE NEW SPIRIT 1900-1909: The partition of Bengal -- The Swadeshi Movement -- Extremists and moderates -- Revolutionary activities -- Government repression -- The Morley-Minto reforms -- Muslim separatism -- DECADE OF TRANSITION 1910-1919: India and the war -- The Home Rule Movement -- The Montagu-Chelmsford report -- Repression to match reform -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Anti-Rowlatt Satyagraha and the Amritsar massacre -- The Khilafat movement -- START OF THE GANDHIAN ERA 1920-1928: The Non-Co-operation Movement -- The return of Communalism -- The Swaraj Party -- Other parties and movements -- The Simon Commission -- THE COUNTRY SHOWS ITS STRENGTH 1928-1934: The anti-Simon agitation -- The Nehru Report -- Jinnah and the fourteen points -- The Lahore Congress and Independence Day -- Civil Disobedience- the first phase -- The Round Table Conferences -- Civil Disobedience- the second phase -- The problem of untouchability -- Militant Revolution in the twenties and thirties -- IN POWER IN THE PROVINCES 1935-1939: The situation after Civil Disobedience -- The Government of India Act -- Indian reactions to the New Act -- Provincial elections and the formation of ministries -- The Muslims and the new ministries -- The work of the Congress Ministries -- The rise of the Congress Left Wing -- The struggle in the States -- THE IMPACT OF WORLD EVENTS 1939-1945: The approach of the Second World War -- The August offer -- The Cripps proposals -- Quit India -- The Revolt of 1942- 'Do or Die' -- Subhash Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army -- The Wavell Plan and the Shimla Conference -- PATHWAY TO PAKISTAN: The Hindu Muslim problem - a brief review -- 'Divide and Rule' -- The secular state and the roots of intolerance -- The growth of the Pakistan idea -- The Pakistan resolution -- The Rajagopalachari formula -- Last efforts to avoid partition -- DIVIDED FREEDOM 1945-1947: The changed situation 1945-6 -- The INA trial and the revolt of the Navel Ratings -- The Cabinet Mission -- 'Direct Action' -- The Interim Government and the Constituent Assembly -- Enter Mountbatten -- The June Third Plan -- The problem of the states -- India wins freedom -- THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE