India in the Interregnum

Interim Government, September 1946–August 1947

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9780199489688

Publication date:

10/01/2019

Hardback

389 pages

216x140mm

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9780199489688

Publication date:

10/01/2019

Hardback

389 pages

Rakesh Ankit

An Interim Government was in office in India from 2 September 1946 till August 1947. A unique coalition of the Congress, Muslim League, and others, it presided over a time of transition. Overshadowed by Partition, this last government of British India attempted to govern and left legacies. This book recovers the Interim Government, its personalities and their body of work, and reaffirms the 'continuity and change' paradigm of post-1945 India.

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Description

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. About the Author Rakesh Ankit teaches history and international politics, Loughborough University, Leicester, UK.

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Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

 

Part I: Before Partition: At the Centre 1

  1. Interim Government under Wavell, September 1946–March 1947
  2. Interim Government under Mountbatten, March–August 1947

 

Part II: Beneath Partition: Personnel and Processes

  1. Departments at the Centre
  2. Indian Civil Service under the Interim Government
  3. Projecting and Planning Independent India in Interim India 169vi contents

 

Part III: Beside Partition: Among the Provinces 193

  1. Bihar: The Mutinous Police
  2. Bombay: The Scare of Scarcity
  3. Central Provinces and Berar: Hindu Communalism
  4. Madras: The Communist Spectre
  5. Orissa: Development amidst Destruction
  6. United Province: The Congress Raj

 

Conclusion

References

Index

About the Author

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Features

  • The author has focused attention on a critical period of contemporary South Asian history, the 11 months' period during which an Interim Government in which the Congress and the Muslim League participated held office.
  • The author has drawn upon a very substantial body of archival materials in India and the UK.
  • The book's main contribution would be to highlight elements of institutional and political continuity to be delineated, in the face of a very substantial body of historical literature which has emphasized rupture and discontinuity as the central features of Transfer of Power and Partition.

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Rakesh Ankit

India in the Interregnum View larger

Rakesh Ankit

Description

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. About the Author Rakesh Ankit teaches history and international politics, Loughborough University, Leicester, UK.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

 

Part I: Before Partition: At the Centre 1

  1. Interim Government under Wavell, September 1946–March 1947
  2. Interim Government under Mountbatten, March–August 1947

 

Part II: Beneath Partition: Personnel and Processes

  1. Departments at the Centre
  2. Indian Civil Service under the Interim Government
  3. Projecting and Planning Independent India in Interim India 169vi contents

 

Part III: Beside Partition: Among the Provinces 193

  1. Bihar: The Mutinous Police
  2. Bombay: The Scare of Scarcity
  3. Central Provinces and Berar: Hindu Communalism
  4. Madras: The Communist Spectre
  5. Orissa: Development amidst Destruction
  6. United Province: The Congress Raj

 

Conclusion

References

Index

About the Author

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