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Constitutional Relations Between Britain and India. The Transfer of Power 1942-7. Volume V. The Simla Confernece. Background and Proceedings 1 September 1944 - 28 July 1945

1974 · Best.-Nr. 078810 — London England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1974. Hardback. First Edition. Slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. Ex-York Library with ex-library markings.A large Heavy book extra postage may be required overseas In the period covered by this volume a slaow thaw came to the Indian political scene. The chief reason frequently alluded to by Viceroy and Secretary of State in their correspondence was first the prospect and tgen in May 1945 the reality of a victorious end to war in Europe. The pledges of post-war political advance which Sir Stafford Cripps had brought with him to India in March 1942 had been neither withdrawn nor replaced and remained to be redeemed. That presupposed as a necessary preliminary the resumption of an Anglo-Indian dialogue with the imprisoned Congress Working Committe inevitably a party to it. This volume tells the story of how it came about. Contents: Foreword. Introduction to Volume V. Abbreviations. principal Holds of office. Delegates to the Simla Conference June-July 1945. Chronological Table of Principal Events. Summary of Documents. Documents. Glossary. Index of persons. Index of Subjects. Illustrated. Map at the end of volume India 1944-5. 1346 pp. Plastic protective covering around D/J. Rare and hard-to-come-by book. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts Theology History Politics Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions and all types of Academic Literature. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback. Her Majesty's Stationery Office Hardcover