Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India /

Main Author: Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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245 1 |a Shameful flight :  |b the last years of the British Empire in India /  |c Stanley Wolpert. 
260 1 |a New York, NY :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2006. 
300 1 |a xii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index. 
505 1 |a Introduction -- From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942 -- From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942 -- From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell's viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944 -- Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945 -- From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946 -- The interim government, June-December 1946 -- Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947 -- Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947 -- Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947 -- Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948. 
650 1 |a British  |x History  |y 20th century.  |z India 
651 1 |a India  |x History  |y Partition, 1947. 
651 1 |a India  |x History  |y Quit India movement, 1942 
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