Towards freedom : documents on the movement for independence in India

Author(s)

• Gopal, Sarvepalli
• Panikkar, K. N.
• Chatterji, Basudev
• Hasan, Mushirul
• Gupta, Partha Sarathi
• Indian Council of Historical Research
• Gupta, Amit K.
• Dev, Arjun
• Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi
• Prasad, Bimal
• Sarkar, Sumit
• Mahajan, Sucheta

Bibliographic Information

Towards freedom : documents on the movement for independence in India

Oxford University Press, 1997-

• 1938 : set
• 1938, pt. 1
• 1938, pt. 2
• 1938, pt. 3
• 1939, pt. 1
• 1939, pt. 2
• 1940, pt. 1
• 1940, pt. 2
• 1941, pt. 1
• 1943-1944 : set
• 1943-1944, pt. 1
• 1943-1944, pt. 2
• 1943-1944, pt. 3
• 1945
• 1946, pt. 1
• 1946, pt. 2
• 1947, pt. 1
• 1947, pt. 2

Other Title

Towards freedom

Note

1938, 1943-1944: General editor Sarvepalli Gopal ; co-ordinating editor Basudev Chatterji

1939-1941, 1945-: General editor Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

1938: Edited by Basudev Chatterji ; with a preface by Sarvepalli Gopal

1940: Edited by K.N. Panikkar ; with a preface by the general editor, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

1941, pt. 1: Edited by Amit K. Gupta and Arjun Dev ; with a preface by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

1943-1944: Edited by Partha Sarathi Gupta ; with a preface by Sarvepalli Gopal

1945: Edited by Bimal Prasad ; with a preface by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

1946: Edited by Sumit Sarkar ; with a preface by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

1947: Edited by Sucheta Mahajan ; with a preface by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

"Indian Council for Historical Research"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

1943-1944 : set ISBN 9780195638684

Description

This book reveals previously unpublished documents from government archives and private papers to show how, with famine raging inside the country, the people rebelled against British rule.

Volume

1938 : set ISBN 9780195644494

Description

These volumes bring to light documents from government archives for the year 1938. Organized thematically, they document the major political, economic and socio-cultural developments at the all India and provincial levels.

Volume

1946, pt. 1 ISBN 9780195692457

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume contains primary sources and archival documents related to the year 1946. It systematically covers in five chapters, different aspects of the history of British India beginning with events in the anti British movements in 1946, including the protests against the trial of the officers and soldiers of the Indian National Army and the famous incident of the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny.

Volume

1939, pt. 1 ISBN 9780195693393

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume contains primary sources and archival documents related to the year 1939.

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1. Chapter I. The Ministries at Work
• 2. Chapter II. War, Repression, and Political Radicalism
• 3. Chapter III. Princely India
• 4. Chapter IV. Kisan Sabha
• INDEX

Volume

1945 ISBN 9780195695304

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume edited by Bimal Prasad contains documents related to the year 1945. One the one hand, the 1945 volume discusses the various conciliation moves-Desai Liyaqat Pact, Sapru Committee, Wavell Pan and Simla Conference; on the other, military and civil resistance-Indian National Army and the States Peoples' and Workers'-Peasants' Movements. It contains detailed information on the INA Trials and the related mass upsurge. Towards the end, there is also a section on economic issues, foreign relations and language policy-thoughts shaping 'New India'.

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1. Chapter 1: Indian National Army and Subhas Chandra Bose
• SECTION I : CAMPAIGNS OF INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY
• SECTION II: SPEECHES AND BROADCASTS BY SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE
• 2. Chapter 2: For Freedom and Against Repression
• 3. Chapter 3: Freedom Campaign in the West (U.K. and U.S.A.)
• SECTION I: CAMPAIGN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
• SECTION II CAMPAIGN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• 4. Chapter 4: Moves for Conciliation
• SECTION I: DESAI-LIAQUAT ALI PACT
• SECTION II: THE CONCILIATION COMMITTEE PRESIDED OVER BY T.B. SAPRU (SAPRU COMMITTEE)
• 5. Chapter 5: The Wavell Plan and the Simla Conference
• 6. Chapter 6: Political Activities after Simla Conference
• SECTION I: INTENSIFIED DEMAND FOR FREEDOM AND PARTITION
• SECTION II: POLITICS AND ELECTIONS
• 7. Chapter 7: Communist-Congress Controversy and the C.P.I. Programme
• 8. Chapter 8: States Peoples' and Workers'-Peasants' Movement
• SECTION I: STATES PEOPLES (UNLESS SPECIFIED, THE SOURCE IS CRR, NAI)
• SECTION II: WORKERS AND PEASANTS
• 9. Chapter 9: Proceedings in the I.N.A. Trial, Court Martial Document
• SECTION I: TESTIMONIES AGAINST
• SECTION II:TESTIMONIES IN FAVOUR
• 10. Chapter 10: I.N.A. Trials and Mass Upsurge
• 11. Chapter 11:Defence and Judgment in the INA Trial
• 12. Chapter 12: Thoughts on Shaping New India
• SECTION I: ECONOMIC ISSUES
• SECTION II: FOREIGN RELATIONS
• SECTION III: LANGUAGE POLICY
• INDEX

Volume

1939, pt. 2 ISBN 9780195696516

Description

This volume, part of the Towards Freedom series, contains primary sources and archival documents related to the year 1939. The first part which has now been published systematically covered in four chapters, different aspects of the history of British - the governments of the 1937 elections, the role of India in World War II, the role of Congress or the State People's Conference, and the developments in Princely India. This second part covers the other political developments of the fundamental to the year 1939-the workers' struggles and strikes in different parts of India, elections to various congress committees; activities of the Left parties, organizations, and blocks; and the communal and sectarian politics of the time. In the introduction to the volume, Mushirul Hasan provides the context of this part of the volume and provides the contours of the documents.

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER I. WORKERS' STRUGGLES
• CHAPTER II. NATIONAL POLITICS (NATIONALIST)
• CHAPTER III. NATIONAL POLITICS (LEFTIST)
• CHAPTER IV. COMMUNAL AND SECTARIAN POLITICS
• INDEX

Volume

1946, pt. 2 ISBN 9780198060055

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume contains primary sources and archival documents related to the year 1946. The first part covers different aspects of the history of socio-political history of British India like RIN Mutiny, Communist Movement, Communalism, popular movements, and economic policies. This second volume, divided into six chapters, focuses on AISPC, Congress, Communists, Muslim League, and various socio-political aspects of PRINCELY INDIA. The first chapter gives an overall perspective of Princely India. The second chapter examines states in north India and Kashmir while the next one studies Hyderabad, Travancore, and the South. The next three chapters deal respectively with Western Indian States, Central Indian States, and Eastern and North-Eastern States.

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 6. STATES IN GENERAL
• CHAPTER 7. KASHMIR AND NORTHERN STATES
• CHAPTER 8. HYDERABAD, TRAVANCORE, AND THE SOUTH
• CHAPTER 9. WESTERN INDIAN STATES
• CHAPTER 10. CENTRAL INDIAN STATES
• CHAPTER 11. EASTERN AND NORTH-EASTERN INDIAN STATES
• INDEX

Volume

1940, pt. 1 ISBN 9780198060789

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume edited by K.N.Panikkar contains documents related to the year 1940. The first part systematically covers in five chapters, different aspects of the history of socio-political history of British India like political and constitutional negotiations surrounding the Second World War. The first chapter discusses the various responses to the Second World War. Chapter 2 deals with the constitutional negotiations promised/demanded in lieu of Indian support of the War. The next section examines the civil disobedience programmes and the activities of the Indian National Congress and the Left parties. The concluding two chapters deal respectively with the Individual Satyagraha movement and the communal politics.

Table of Contents

• PREFACE
• CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter I. Response to the Second World War
• Chapter II. The Politics of Constitutional Negotiations
• Chapter III. Towards Civil Disobedience Programmes and Activities of Congress, Left Parties, and Others
• Chapter IV. Individual Satyagraha
• Chapter V. Communal Politics
• Index

Volume

1941, pt. 1 ISBN 9780198065371

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume contains primary sources and archival documents related to the year 1941. Part I consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 focusing on the constitutional politics and World War II, provides insights into India's economic condition, war industries, defence preparations, curbs on the press and the provincial ministries of Sind, Punjab, Assam, Bengal, and Orissa. Chapter 2 examines the national struggle and government repression through the activities of political parties like Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Congress Socialist Party, Radical Democratic Party, India League, Forward Bloc as well as the condition of political prisoners. The last chapter studies the role of students, women, and culture in the Indian national movement.

Table of Contents

• GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
• CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS
• INTRODUCTION

Volume

1940, pt. 2 ISBN 9780198070030

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume edited by K.N. Panikkar contains documents related to the year 1940. The first part systematically covers different aspects of the socio-political history of British India. Building upon detailed case studies from across the subcontinent-Bombay, Central Provinces, Madras, Bihar, Bengal, Orissa, United Provinces, Andhra, Malabar, Punjab, Tamilnad, Rajputana, Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad, Mysore, and Travancore-the second part deals with popular movements. It examines movements of labour, peasants, students, women, depressed classes and movements in princely states and explores their linkages with the freedom movement. The introduction by K.N. Panikkar situates the movements in the historical context and underlines their importance in the politics of the year 1940.

Table of Contents

• Calendar of Documents
• General Editor's Preface
• Volume Editor's Introduction
• Chapter 6. Labour Movement
• Chapter 7. Peasant Movement
• Chapter 8. Movements of Students, Women and Depressed Classes
• Chapter 9. Movements in Princely States
• Biographical Notes
• Index.

Volume

1947, pt. 1 ISBN 9780198083979

Description

Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume brings together primary sources and archival documents for the period 1 January 1947 to 2 June 1947. Part I consists of two sections. These two sections together discuss Constituent Assembly, interim government, various political alternatives and developments, the civil disobedience movements organized by Muslim League in various parts of the country. It also examines communalism in provinces, the demand for partition in Punjab and Bengal as well as the role of the last viceroy, volunteer organizations and the problem of refugees and minority groups. The introduction by Sucheta Mahajan situates the movements in the historical context and underlines their importance in the politics of the year 1947. This book will interest scholars, teachers, and students of modern Indian history, particularly those interested in the Indian national movement.

Table of Contents

• CALENDAR OF DOCUMENTS
• GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
• VOLUME EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
• SECTION I. 1 JANUARY 1947 TO 22 MARCH 1947:
• SECTION II. 23 MARCH 1947 TO 2 JUNE 1947:
• INDEX

Volume

1947, pt. 2 ISBN 9780199454662

Description

The Towards Freedom series is an endeavour to document the years leading to Independence. It goes beyond the overtly political activities of the time and the notion of Independence as 'transfer of power'. The volumes of this series underscore the fact that the struggle for Independence was not just about attaining freedom from a colonial power-it also comprised efforts to seek social justice, economic empowerment, and cultural autonomy. With meticulously selected historical material from 1937 to 1947, the volumes bring to the fore the activities, attitudes, and ideas of diverse sections of Indian society. The 1947 volume, published in three parts, covers the major socio-political processes of that fateful year. The first part highlights the main political events that took place in the three-way conflict between imperialist, nationalist, and communal forces. The story continues in the second part, which takes up the partition award and the actual process of partition, the settlement of boundaries, the rehabilitation of refugees, and the developments in the princely states. The third part brings to the fore themes such as the future of the Congress, peasants' and workers' struggles, caste, minorities, language and literature, the position of women, the economic consequences of partition, foreign relations, and the celebrations of 15th August. In this part, the second in the 1947 volume, the story of India's independence and partition unfurls through documents ranging from newspapers, private papers, and letters, to speeches, maps, cartoons, and colonial archives. The documents relate to the Constituent Assembly, the partition award, partition in Bengal and Punjab, the referendum in the Northwest Frontier Provinces and Sylhet, and the princely states, as also those on the Interim Government and the India Independence Bill. This part also highlights the problem of communalism which became so pronounced in several regions of India during this period that even the parties which stood for unity, such as the Congress, had little option but to accept partition.

Table of Contents

• General Editor's Preface
• Editor's Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Calendar of Documents
• Section III: 3 June 1947 to 15 August 1947
• 25. Constituent Assembly
• 26. Partition Award and After
• 27. Interim Government
• 28. Indian Independence Bill
• 29. Boundary Commissions
• 30. Governor-General(s) for the Dominions
• 31. Partition of Punjab
• 32. Partition of Bengal
• 33. Referendum in NWFP and Sylhet
• 34. Contending with Communalism
• 35. Communalism: Provinces
• 36. Minority Groups and Displaced Populations
• 37. Volunteer Organizations
• Section IV: PRINCELY STATES: 1 January 1947 to 15 August 1947
• 38. Princely States, Constituent Assembly, and Accession
• 39. All India States Peopleas Conference and All India States Muslim League
• 40. North Indian States
• 41. South Indian States
• 42. Western Indian States
• 43. Central Indian States
• 44. Eastern Indian States
• About the Editors
• Index

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Details

• NCID: BA3497866X
• ISBN:
  • 0195644492
  • 9780195693393
  • 9780195696516
  • 9780198060789
  • 9780198070030
  • 9780198065371
  • 0195638689
  • 9780195695304
  • 9780195692457
  • 9780198060055
  • 9780198083979
  • 9780199454662
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 954.0359
  • NDC9 : 225.05
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : India -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements