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1 online resource (328 pages) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Understanding the Basics -- Placing the Book in Perspective -- Overview of Some Important Studies -- Contemporary Writings and Reports -- 1: Jammu & amp -- Kashmir: A Historical Perspective -- Religion Culture and Tradition -- 1500 Years of Hindu Rule -- Kashmir Takes to Islam -- The British Sell Kashmir but Retain Influence -- Dogra Rule -- Increasing Interest in Kashmir -- How Europeans Saw it -- Geo-Strategic Importance -- How People in India Saw Jammu & amp -- Kashmir: Shiva Bhumi -- A Society Deeply Interwoven -- The Political Scene -- Important Features 1947 -- Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah -- Gandhi-Nehru in Defence of Abdullah -- 2: The Invasion of Jammu & amp -- Kashmir: Public Opinion Turns Anti-Pakistan -- India Taken by Surprise -- Restrictions on the Press and Entry into Jammu & amp -- Kashmir -- Summer Examinations -- The Legacy of Poverty -- Mahatma Gandhi in Srinagar (August 1947) -- Early Reports of the Invasion and the People's Response -- Ramchandra Kak Dismissed: Nehru-Mountbatten Come Out in Support -- First Hand Reports on Pakistan's Involvement -- Invaders were Inhumanly Violent -- Indian Army Welcomed as Bachao Fauj (Saviour) -- The Ballad of Mir Maqbool Sherwani: A Modern Kashmiri Ballad -- Invasion Fortified Hindu-Muslim Relations -- Was Kashmir Different? -- 3: Nehru Puts Abdullah Incharge: Beginning of the Political Whirlpool -- Partition of India on the Basis of Religion was a Mistake -- Early Miscalculation and Misjudgments -- Why did the Maharaja Delay Accession -- Nehru Puts Sheikh Abdullah in Command -- Sheikh Abdullah Takes Control -- Obstruction of Abdullah will Lead to Disaster -- Nehru Guides Abdullah -- Sardar Patel and Abdullah -- Sheikh Abdullah Supports India but Always with a Catch |
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Jawaharlal Nehru: How and why he Took to the Idea of a Plebiscite -- United Nations and Plebiscite: Nehru Raises the Issue in Parliament -- Kashmir Conflict: A Drain on Financial Resources -- Independent Kashmir: Did the Idea Have Support -- Seeking to Know what Jammu & amp -- Kashmir Wanted -- 4: 'Pilgrimage of Hindustan to Lake Success (UN) the Hotbed of International Intrigue': Nehru sees Kashmir as a World Problem -- Mountbatten and the United Nations -- Reference to the United Nations -- Most Saw it as a Mistake -- 'Our Intention is a Civilized Manner': Nehru -- India Cannot Expect Justice at the United Nations -- The Ceasefire: Why? -- Nehru's Perception -- 'Jammu & amp -- Kashmir is a Case for Special Treatment': Nehru -- 5: 'Accession Still in the Melting Pot' The Praja Parishad: Nehru-Mookerjee and Abdullah -- Sardar Patel Sidelined on Kashmir -- Abdullah Changes Track: Puts the Onus on the Praja Parishad -- 'Attempts to Confuse and Confound People' -- Abdullah Has Lost Goodwill -- The Praja Parishad and its Context -- Praja Parishad Agitation in Jammu (IB Report) -- 'Praja Parishad a Reaction to Aggressive Nationalism of Kashmir': Balraj Puri -- Communal Divide and Regional Bias -- Praja Parishad Plea to the President of India -- Jammu & amp -- Kashmir in Parliament: Nehru and Mookerjee Some Extracts -- Nehru Records his Assessment of Kashmir: Again Supports Special Treatment for Jammu & amp -- Kashmir -- Jammu & amp -- Kashmir: Another Historic Debate in Parliament -- The Praja Parishad Gains Support -- Nehru Annoyed with The Tribune -- Nehru and Dr. Mookerjee -- Yet Another Clash -- Nehru, Mookerjee and Abdullah Exchange Letters on Jammu & amp -- Kashmir -- Nehru Hits at the Praja Parishad: Mookerjee Comes Out in Defence -- Mookerjee Speaks on Jammu & amp -- Kashmir Across India -- The Arrest of Dr. Mookerjee -- Detention and Death |
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Government Charged with Negligence -- Mookerjee was Given All Care: Nehru -- Rammanohar Lohia on the Handling of Jammu & amp -- Kashmir by the Government of India -- 6: The Dismissal of Sheikh Abdullah Pakistan Prime Minister Meets Nehru: Talk of Plebiscite and Partition of Kashmir -- Even Nehru and Katju Disenchanted with Abdullah -- 'Filled with Deeply Penetrating Sadness': Indira Gandhi -- Karan Singh's Version -- Abdullah's Farewell to Nehru -- Nehru had Defended Abdullah in Parliament Exactly a Year Earlier -- Reactions to Abdullah's Dismissal -- Mridula Sarabhai Stands in Support of Abdullah -- Nehru Annoyed -- Pakistan's Reaction to Abdullah's Dismissal: Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Insists for a Meeting -- Pakistan Prime Minister in New Delhi -- Nehru Assesses Kashmir Post Abdullah: Possibility of Partition -- Nehru-Mohammed Ali Meeting: Minutes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000507614 |
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1000507610 |
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