Keeping the Jewel in the Crown
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Keeping the Jewel in the Crown

The British Betrayl of India

  1. 224 pages
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eBook - ePub

Keeping the Jewel in the Crown

The British Betrayl of India

About this book

An in-depth look at what truly happened when the Great Britain gave India its independence, from the author of Five Days from Defeat.
 
When India became independent in 1947, the general view, which has prevailed until now, is that Britain had been steadily working for an amicable transfer of power for decades. In this book, Walter Reid argues that nothing could be further from the truth. With reference to a vast amount of documentary material, from private letters to public records and state papers, Reid shows how Britain held back political progress in India for as long as possible—a policy which led to unimaginable chaos and suffering when independence was granted, and which created a legacy of hatred and distrust that continues to this day.
 
Praise for Keeping the Jewel in the Crown
 
"A fascinating, robust and provocative version of the sunset of the Raj." —Lawrence James, author of Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India
 
"A thorough and hard-hitting account . . . presented with clarity and sobriety." — BBC History Magazine (UK)
 
"An excellent and original work . . . A meticulously researched, pioneering study that will appeal to many in both countries." — The Open (India)
 
"It is a rare book that will alter the way you look at one of history's pivotal events and one of its greatest tragedies, but this is one of them." —Matt Rubin,  Washington Times

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9780857909008
Topic
History
Subtopic
Indian & South Asian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Maps
  9. Principal Events
  10. Political Framework
  11. 1 Introduction
  12. 2 The Back story
  13. 3 The Morley–Minto Reforms
  14. 4 The Impact of the First World War
  15. 5 The Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms
  16. 6 Gandhi
  17. 7 Amritsar
  18. 8 Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading
  19. 9 British Politics between the Wars
  20. 10 Lord Irwin
  21. 11 F.E. Smith and the Simon Commission
  22. 12 Empire, Dominions and Commonwealth
  23. 13 The Irwin Declaration
  24. 14 Simon and Irwin Collide: the Political Reaction
  25. 15 Reaction to the Declaration in India
  26. 16 The Gandhi–Irwin Pact
  27. 17 The Round-table Conferences
  28. 18 Willingdon
  29. 19 Confusion within the Conservative Party
  30. 20 Looking Behind Churchill’s Words
  31. 21 The Background to the India Bill: Civil War in the Conservative Party
  32. 22 Churchill and the Privileges Committee
  33. 23 The Legislation
  34. 24 After the Act
  35. 25 Rab Butler
  36. 26 Linlithgow: A New Viceroy for the New Act
  37. 27 Indian Politics
  38. 28 Policy and the War
  39. 29 Amery
  40. 30 Military Developments
  41. 31 Stafford Cripps
  42. 32 Preparation for the Mission of 1942
  43. 33 Cripps in India
  44. 34 Failure of the Mission
  45. 35 Quit India
  46. 36 Government Policy Post-Cripps
  47. 37 Wavell
  48. 38 Wavell as Viceroy
  49. 39 The Simla Conference
  50. 40 A New World
  51. 41 India in 1945
  52. 42 The Cabinet Mission
  53. 43 After the Failure of the Mission
  54. 44 The Last Viceroy
  55. 45 Mountbatten’s Instructions
  56. 46 The View from Whitehall
  57. 47 The Princely States
  58. 48 The Final Plan
  59. 49 Commonwealth and Independence
  60. 50 Endgame
  61. 51 Conclusion
  62. Notes
  63. Index
  64. Illustrations