What Really Led to Indian Freedom

This book comprehensively covers all the factors that really led to the freedom of India from the British. Table of Contents:- 1. Relevant International Timelines Timelines of Prominent International Events WW-I Chronology & India’s Role WW-II Chronology & India’s Role India’s Role in WW-II WW-II as a Military Training Opportunity for Indians WW-II Chronology 2. Indian Freedom Struggle Timelines 1600–1770 1772–1880 1880–1897 1900–1910 1911–1915 1915: The Grand Ghadar Mutiny 1916–1920 1916 : The Lucknow Pact [P] 1915: All India Home Rule League 1917 : Champaran & Gandhi 1917–18: Sardar Patel’s Successful Agitations 1918–19: Mont-Ford Reforms & the GoI Act [P] 1919: Rowlatt Acts & Satyagraha Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919 1920s: Kisan Movement in UP 1920 : Chamber of Princes Nagpur Congress Session, Dec-1920 1920–30 1920–22: Khilafat & Non-Cooperation Movement (KNCM) Aug-Sep 1921 : Moplah Anti-Hindu Attacks Jan-1923: Swaraj Party 1923: Jabalpur & Nagpur Satyagraha Sep-1923: Patel’s Successful Borsad Satyagraha 9-11 September 1924 : Kohat Anti-Hindu Attacks 1924-27: Patel’s Commendable Work for Ahmedabad Municipality 1927: Patel’s Unforgettable Work During Ahmedabad Floods 1928: Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha 1928 Feb-1928 : Simon Commission Aug-1928: Motilal Nehru Report 1929–30: Nehru’s Unjust Anointment as Congress President 26 January 1930 : Congress Call for “Purna Swaraj” 1928–31 : Lahore Conspiracy Case, Etc. 1930–34 1930: Dandi March & Salt Satyagraha 1930: Qissa Khwani Bazaar Massacre & Garhwali 1930–31: First Round Table Conference (RTC-1) 1931: Gandhi-Irwin Pact Mar-1931: Sardar as Congress President Sep–Dec 1931: Second Round Table Conference (RTC-2) 1932: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Phase-II Aug–1932: The Communal Award Aug–Sep 1932: The Communal Award & Poona Pact 1932: Third Round Table Conference (RTC-3) 1932–33: Name ‘Pakistan’ & Rahmat Ali [P] 1935–39 Government of India (GoI) Act 1935 1934-37: Elections Jan-1939: Gandhi vs. Subhas: Presidential Election 1939–43 October 1939 : Anti-Hindu Riots in Sindh [P] WW-II: British Declaration of War, Sep-1939 Nov-1939: Resignation of Congress Ministries After Hitler’s Blitzkrieg : Oct,1939–Jun,1940 Rajaji’s Proposal of July 1940 Oct-1940: Selective Individual Disobedience Pearl Harbor, Dec 1941 & Its Aftermath 1940 : Udham Singh Avenges Jallianwala Massacre March 1940 : League’s Lahore Resolution 1940–46: Congress Descent & League Ascendency 1940-42: Netaji Subhas Escapes March-April 1942 : Cripps Mission Apr-1942: CR’s Formula on Pakistan August-1942: Quit India Movement [P] 1943–46 1943–44: British Gift—The Great Bengal Famine May 1944 Onwards: Gandhi’s Major Come-Down Moves May 1944 Onwards: Side-Lining of Gandhi 25 June 1945 : Shimla Conference End 1945—1946 : Elections April 1946 : Gandhi-Nehru Hijack Presidential Elections March-June 1946 : Cabinet Mission Aug-1946: Muslim League’s Direct Action (Riots) 2-Sep-1946 : Interim Government Oct–1946: Noakhali Anti-Hindu Killings Oct-1946: Nehru’s NWFP Visit—a Blunder Dec-1946 Onwards: Developments on Groupings Dec–1946 : Constituent Assembly 1947 Feb–1947: Attlee’s “Quit India” Deadline Declaration 8 March 1947: Patel & Partition, the Lesser Evil 22 March 1947: Mountbatten Arrives Gandhi’s 1-Apr-1947 Offer for Jinnah May-1947 Onwards: Freedom & Partition 3. Three Major Gandhian Movements Khilafat & Non-Cooperation Movement (KNCM) Khilafat (Caliphate) & Khalif (Caliph) Defeat of the Ottomans in WW-I & Its Consequences Khilafat & Other Muslim Countries Khilafat & Indian Muslims Gandhi & Khilafat Approval of Non-Cooperation at Congress Sessions in 1920 KNCM Gathers Steam Gandhi’s Inexplicable Calling-Off of KNCM! Reactions to Gandhi’s Withdrawal of KNCM Sacrifice Down the Drain Caliphate, Atatürk & Gandhi’s Indefensible Stand! Ambedkar’s Views Miserable Failure of Gandhi’s First Mass Agitation Prince of Wales’s Visit & Lost Opportunity Second Phase of Gandhian Struggle: 1930-1931 Dandi March & Salt Satyagraha 1930 Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931: A Failure Condemning Bhagat Singh & Colleagues to Death Irresponsible Part of the Gandhian Non-Cooperation Call Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Phase-II Quit India Movement 1942 Call for “Quit India” & Its Background Poor Preparation, Arrests & Flop-Show Quit India Momentum Varied Views on “Quit India” Release From Jails Failure of “Quit India” 4. Bose(s), INA & the Army Mutiny Rash Behari Bose Subhas Chandra Bose Indian National Army (INA) INA Trials, Nov 1945—May 1946 Mutiny in the Indian Army, Feb 1946 5. Gandhian Vs. Other Freedom Movements Mass Freedom Movement Before Gandhi Stellar Role of Revolutionaries & Netaji Effectiveness of the Constitutional Methods Adverse Effect of Gandhian Intervention Comparison: How & When Other Countries Got Freedom Gandhi’s “My Way or the Highway” Extracts From ‘Guilty Men of India’s Partition’ Nature of the Gandhian Freedom Movement Have-All-The-Time-In-The-World-To-Get-Freedom Mindset Ad Hoc & Unplanned Freedom Movements That Didn’t Demand Freedom Non-Violence Nonsense of “No Alternative” 6. What Really Led to Freedom Was Freedom Thanks to Gandhi & Congress? What They Said Freedom: The Real Reasons 1) WW-II and Its Consequences 2) Netaji Bose, INA and Army Mutinies 3) Pressure From the US 4) Gandhi & the Congress? 5) the British Sought Freedom From India!? Bibliography