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100			_aDas Durga
245			_aIndia: The Curzon to Nehru and After _cDurga Das _henglish
260			_aNew Delhi _bRupa Publishers _c1981
300			_a547 p. _bsoft bound; _c14x21 cm
505			_aBOOK I 1900-21 Political Awakening 1. Childhood in a Punjab Village 2. The Social and Religious Milieu6 3. First Contact with the White Man 4. School Days 5. Moment of Destiny: Journalism Beckons 6. With A.P.I. under K. C. Roy 7. Curzon and Nehru 8. Minto and Hardinge 9. Gokhale: Towering Parliamentaria 10. Chelmsford: Pledge of Reforms 11. Tilak: Home Rule is my Birthright 12. Passing of the Tilak Era 13. The New Challenge of Non-Cooperation 14. Dyarchy in Action BOOK II 1921-39 The Gandhian Revolution 1. Simla-Delhi Exodus 2. Reading as Viceroy Contents 3. The Prince of Wales’s Tour 4. Gandhi’s Triumph and Retreat 5. Indianisation of the Services 6. Three Revolutions 7. Serving the Nationalist Press 8. The Rise of Communalism 9. The Question of Council Entry 10. Reading’s Successes and Failures 11. Irwin’s Bid to Ease Tension 12. Divide and Rule 13. The Simon Inquiry 14. The Worsening Crisis 15. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 16. (1) Giants of the Central Legislature(2) Irwin’s Departure 17. Voyage to London 18. The Indian Problem: British View 19. The Press and India Office 20. Willingdon-Civil Disobedience Resumed 21. Council Entry—Reforms Act 22. The Seeds of Pakistan: Fazli’s Views 23. Non-Cooperation Ends 24. Grigg - Break with Reuter and A.P.I. 25. Jinnah - Break with the Congress 26. Provincial Autonomy at Work BOOK III 1939-47 Independence Dawns 1. World War II igi Contents 9 2. The Cripps Mission 200 3. Do or Die 204 4. Over to the Hindustan Times 209 5. Pakistan on a Platter 213 6. War Correspondent 217 7. In London Again 221 8. Cabinet Mission 224 9. Interim Government 230 10. The Assembly Scene 235 11. Towards the Transfer of Power - Mountbatten 238 12. Divide and Quit 247 13. The Final Scene 252 14. The Auspicious Hour 255 BOOK IV 1947-64 The Nehru Era 1. Tryst with Destiny 261 2. Resettling the Refugees 267 3. Constitution Making 271 4. The Passing of the Mahatma 274 5. Meeting Challenges 279 6. Talks with Nehru 288 7. To the New World 295 8. Clash of Personalities 301 9. First General Election 306 10. Planned Development 309 11. India and the Big Powers 317 12. Linguistic States 326 13. President and Prime Minister 331 Contents IO 14. Round the World 339 15. X-Raying the Nation 346 16. The Shrunken Image 351 17. I.N.F.A. is Born 357 18. China Betrays Nehru 359 19. Father and Daughter 368 20. Enter the Soothsayer 21. Nehru, Man and Prime Minister BOOK V 1964-68 After Nehru, What ? 1. “Big Little Man” 2. The Twenty-one-Day War 3. A Woman Leads 4. Democracy on Trial 5. India Counts 6. India and the United States 7. Moscow looks at Delhi 8. The Crystal Ball 9. Challenging Issues 10. Break-up or Break-through
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