Misra, Salil.

A narrative of communal politics: Uttar Pradesh, 1937-39/ Salil Misra. - Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001. - 362 p. ; 23 cm. - Sage series in modern Indian history, v. 2. .

Contents
Series Editors' Preface 9
List of Abbreviations 12
Preface 13
Background 23
One: The Elections of 1937:Pathway to Communalism 41
Constitutional Backdrop 41
Muslim League Prepares for Elections 49
Landlords and Elections 59
Congress and Elections 71
Two:Aftermath of the Elections 88
Accepting the Ministry: Hazards for Congress 88
Congress-League Coalition: Myth and Reality 99
Three: The Muslim League Story 128
Crisis 130
Initial Consolidation 138
The Making of an Ideologue: M.A. Jinnah 156
Movement Unleashed 178
The Making of the Quaid-i-Azam 207
Four: The Congress Story 222
Post-election Scenario:The Success-Failure Dichotomy 223

8 A Narrative of Commrmal Politics
Muslim Mass Contact Programme: Triumph or Fiasco 229
Inside the Assembly 252
Handling the Communal Problem: Ministry and the Organization 274
Five:The Third Actor: Hindu Communalism 287
Up to 1937:Surviving to Struggle 290
1937-39: Struggling to Survive 297
Concluding Remarks 318
Bibliography 345
Index 356
About the Author 363


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Communalism--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Religion and politics--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Politics and government

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