Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume edited by Bimal Prasad contains documents related to the year 1945. One the one hand, the 1945 volume discusses the various conciliation moves-Desai Liyaqat Pact, Sapru Committee, Wavell Pan and Simla Conference; on the other, military and civil resistance-Indian National Army and the States Peoples' and Workers'-Peasants' Movements. It contains detailed information on the INA Trials and the related mass upsurge. Towards the end, there is also a section on economic issues, foreign relations and language policy-thoughts shaping "New India."

Towards Freedom: Documents on the Movement for Independence in India 1945

History

Prasad, Bimal

Asia

Oxford University Press

<p>Few figures in modern India have enjoyed such acclaim and adoration as Jayaprakash Narayan. And yet, he has been equally vilified for all that went wrong in the unfinished post-colonial movement for freedom and democracy. Jayaprakash Narayan, or JP as he was universally known, epitomized the Marxian and Gandhian styles of political engagement, and famously brought a powerful government to its knees. Throughout his life, he channelled an emotional hunger for transformative politics, jettisoned easy options, shunned power and incubated revolutionary ideas.\nA comprehensive study of JP's life and ideas-from the radicalism of his thought process at American university campuses in the 1920s to his political coming of age in the 1930s and subsequent disenchantment with Gandhi's leadership; from his infectious confidence about the future of socialism to his seemingly naive plans to outmanoeuvre powerful forces within the Congress; from his fractious friendship with Jawaharlal Nehru to his relentless crusade against the stifling of dissent-The Dream of Revolution, Bimal and Sujata Prasad's rigorously researched biography of JP, dispenses with clichés, questions commonly held perceptions and pushes the limits of what a biographical portrait is capable of.\nRich in anecdotes and never-before-told stories, this book explores the ambiguities and ironies of a life lived at the barricades, and one man's unremitting quest to usher in a society based on equality and freedom.</p>

The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Vintage Books

This book seeks to analyse the evolution of Muslim nationalism from 1877 to 1937. Also, the idea of Pakistan, instead of being born in 1933 with Rehmat Ali's forceful espousal of it, is shown to be steadily circulating, particularly in the Punjab, since the mid-1920s. On the other hand, this volume also reveals the strength of the growing sentiment of Hindu nationalism in 1920s, particularly in the Punjab and Bengal.

Pathway to India's Partition, Vol. 2: A Nation within a Nation

Manohar Publishers

Initial volume in a short series that includes the major writings of one of India's most important political activists and theorists. Attention to role in socialist activities, challenging business and work with Gandhi

Jayaprakash Narayan: Selected Works, 1929-1935. v. 1

Narayan, Jayaprakash

Manohar

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