India in the Interim - The 19471951 Government

This book looks at the governmental interregnum from August 1947 to the start of the first general election in October 1951, and is a narrative of some of its intermediate moments in light of contemporary politics. It is a multi-track chronicle, which draws attention to its discrete, if not determining, impact on the following decade of consolidation. While it is also a map of the prime minister's words and actions, drawn as it is mainly from his papers, it is embedded in the government. It describes a time of transitional governance in independent India's early political history and gives a glimpse of its multiple individual traits, identity tensions, and institutional trends. The Nehruvian gaze traced here shows what a constant flux governing in those unsettled post-partition years was.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. June 1948-March 1949; 2. April-December 1949; 3. 1950; 4. 'Captain who...steered India...'; 5. 1951; Epilogue; Bibliography.

About the author

Rakesh Ankit is a Lecturer in History and International Politics, Loughborough University, United Kingdom. He is the author of India in the Interregnum: Interim Government, September 1946-August 1947 (Oxford University Press, 2019). His research interests lie in International Relations, Politics and History.

Product details

• Authors: Rakesh Ankit, Rakesh (Loughborough University Ankit, Ankit Rakesh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009525268
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0952526-8
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Political Parties, India, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Political parties and party platforms, For higher / tertiary / university education, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies, HISTORY / Asia / South / General