India in the Interregnum Interim Government, September 1946-August 1947
Ankit, Rakesh
India in the Interregnum Interim Government, September 1946-August 1947 - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2019 - xii, 376p. 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-367) and index.
"India's interim government, in office from 2 September 1946 till August 1947, was a unique coalition of the Indian National Congress, All-India Muslim League, and non-Congress and non-League political figures - all presiding over a British/British-trained state apparatus during a period of political transition. These eleven months were packed as much with the events surrounding the formal exit of the empire as its informal continuance; as much with the anticipation of Partition as its alternatives. Though it stands at a juncture of India as a colony and a dominion, it has been overlooked by colonial and postcolonial historiography of that interval, given its sole identification with Partition/Independence. India in the Interregnum moves beneath and beyond this understanding in order to, first, restore identity to the interim government - and its provincial counterparts - and investigate their work, and, second, recover the legacy of the interim government in the formation of contemporary India"--Back cover.
9780199489688
2019300959
GBB955187 bnb
019326099 Uk
1919-1947
Interim governments--India.
Interim governments.
Politics and government.
India--Politics and government--1919-1947.
India.
DS480.45 / .A7926 2019
954.0359 / AN-I
India in the Interregnum Interim Government, September 1946-August 1947 - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2019 - xii, 376p. 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-367) and index.
"India's interim government, in office from 2 September 1946 till August 1947, was a unique coalition of the Indian National Congress, All-India Muslim League, and non-Congress and non-League political figures - all presiding over a British/British-trained state apparatus during a period of political transition. These eleven months were packed as much with the events surrounding the formal exit of the empire as its informal continuance; as much with the anticipation of Partition as its alternatives. Though it stands at a juncture of India as a colony and a dominion, it has been overlooked by colonial and postcolonial historiography of that interval, given its sole identification with Partition/Independence. India in the Interregnum moves beneath and beyond this understanding in order to, first, restore identity to the interim government - and its provincial counterparts - and investigate their work, and, second, recover the legacy of the interim government in the formation of contemporary India"--Back cover.
9780199489688
2019300959
GBB955187 bnb
019326099 Uk
1919-1947
Interim governments--India.
Interim governments.
Politics and government.
India--Politics and government--1919-1947.
India.
DS480.45 / .A7926 2019
954.0359 / AN-I