Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Fisher, David, 1929-2018.

Description

1. xxv, 565 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

1. The Proudest Day is an account of the end of the Raj. Anthony Read and David Fisher put the events of 1947 into perspective, telling the whole story in detail from its beginnings more than a century earlier. Their narrative takes a look at many of the events and personalities involved, especially the three charismatic giants - Ghandi, Nehru, and Jinnah - who dominated the final, increasingly bitter thirty years. Meanwhile, a succession of British politicians and viceroys veered wildly between liberalism and repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match. --From publisher's description.
2. The Proudest Day is an account of the end of the Raj, the most romantic of all the great empires. Anthony Read and David Fisher put the events of 1947 into perspective, telling the whole story in detail from its beginnings more than a century earlier. Their narrative takes a look at many of the events and personalities involved, especially the three charismatic giants - Ghandi, Nehru, and Jinnah - who dominated the final, increasingly bitter thirty years.
3. Meanwhile, a succession of British politicians and viceroys veered wildly between liberalism and repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match.

Subject

1. Indien
2. Nationalisme
3. Politieke onafhankelijkheid
4. Grossbritannien
5. Geschichte (1765-1947)
6. India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
7. Dekolonisatie

Contents

1. 'In Quiet Trade' -- 'The Strangest of all Empires' -- 'The Moaning of the Hurricane' -- 'The Mildest Form of Government is Despotism' -- 'If Fifty Men Cannot be Found ...' -- 'The Gravity of the Blunder' -- 'No Bombs, No Boons' -- 'A Spontaneous Loyalty' -- 'An Indefensible System' -- 'God Bless Gandhi' -- 'A Himalayan Miscalculation' -- 'The Very Brink of Chaos and Anarchy' -- 'A Butchery of Our Souls' -- 'A Year's Grace and a Polite Ultimatum' -- 'A Mad Risk' -- 'Civil Martial Law' -- 'The Empty Fruits of Office' -- 'The Congress Asked for Bread and it has Got a Stone' -- 'A Landmark in the Future History of India' -- 'A Post-dated Cheque on a Bank that is Failing' -- 'Leave India to God -- or to Anarchy' -- 'The Two Great Mountains have Met -- and not even a Ridiculous Mouse has Emerged' -- 'Patriots not Traitors'.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-539) and index.