Publisher's Synopsis
Third volume of Advanced Study in the History of Modern India starts with the first Non-cooperation Movement of Gandhi, wades through his Mass Civil Disobedience, Individual Civil Disobedience, the Quit India Movement, partition of th country and his unfortunate ultimate removal from the scene through the hands of an assassin. At the same time in the constitutional development it passes through the labour pains and birth of the Government of India Act 1935, the Indian Independence Act 1947, and the ultimate British departure from the country. The author discusses the Second World War and how it impacted the Indian politics, the rise of the demand for Pakistan and its ultimate realization. An interesting section of the book deals with important personalities of the time,their beliefs and their activities. All through the language used is simple and expression is lucid. His views on Gandhi, the Father of the Indian Nation, deserve a spacial attention.
