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India in the Interregnum : Interim Government, September 1946-August 1947

Ankit, Rakesh, author

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\"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\"--Back cover.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: 1919-1947 / Interim governments India. / Interim governments. / Politics and government. / India Politics and government 1919-1947. / India.
• ISBN: 9780199489688, 0199489688

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DS480.45.A7926 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE