Mahajan, Sucheta. <br/><br/>
Independence and partition: the erosion of colonial power in India/ 
Sucheta Mahajan. 
 - New Delhi:  Sage Publications,  2000. 
 - 425 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Sage series in modern Indian history, 1. .
<br/><br/>Contents<br/>Series Editors' Preface<br/>Acknowledgements<br/>Introduction<br/>PART I: Background<br/>1. Nationalist Activity and Government Response at the<br/>End of the War 2. Planning of the Political Offer, the Simla Conference<br/>and its Breakdown<br/>PART II: Imperialism and Nationalism<br/>3. Congress Strategy and Popular Natiorjalist Activity<br/>4. "Popular Movements": Myth and Reality<br/>5. Imperial Hegemony and Colonial Policy<br/>PART III: Imperialism, Natf.nalisn. ana Commu„all»m<br/>143<br/>6. "Unite and Quit<br/>7. "Decide on a Date and Quit<br/>8. "Divide and Quit<br/>PART IVi Nationalism and Commonalism<br/>9. Congress and Che Muslim Leagues Demand<br/>10. to'pai^rofHinduCommunansm^Maiori.yReacdon,<br/>11. HintLmlnal Pressure on Che Congress<br/><br/>8 Independence and Partition<br/>PART V: Denouement<br/>12. Congress Accepts Partition 333<br/>13. Why Gandhi Accepted the Decision to Par,ition India 360<br/>Conclusion<br/>Appendix<br/>Select Bibliography<br/>Index 397<br/>AbouttheAuthor<br/>427 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761993673 (cloth) 0761993681 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nationalism--India.<br/>Communalism--India.<br/>Politics and government<br/>Partition of India (1947)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.03  / MAH/I