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Shameful Flight : : the Last Years of the British Empire in India

Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927- Book - 2006 954.035 Wo 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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1. From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942 -- 2. From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942 -- 3. From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell's viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944 -- 4. Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945 -- 5. From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946 -- 6. The interim government, June-December 1946 -- 7. Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947 -- 8. Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947 -- 9. Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947 -- 10. Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: xii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0195151984 (alk. paper)

SUBJECTS
British -- India -- History -- 20th century.
India -- History -- Partition, 1947.
India -- History -- Quit India movement, 1942.
India -- History -- 20th century.