Title From movement to government : the Congress in the United Provinces, 1937-42 / Visalakshi Menon

Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (363 pages) : maps Series Sage series in modern Indian history ; 4 Sage series in modern Indian history ; 4. Contents Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 -- The Background: Revival of the Congress Organization in the UP; 2 -- The Working of the Congress Ministry; 3 -- The Mushrooming of Mass Organizations; 4 -- An Amicable Existence: The UP Congress Socialist Party, 1937-39; 5 -- The Agrarian Angle: The UP Kisan Sangh; 6 -- The Fabric of the Congress Organization: The UPCC, 1937-39; 7 -- Congress and the War: A Return to Gandhi?; 8 -- Gathering Momentum: From Individual to "All Out Satyagraha", 1940-42; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography Summary For a long time the provincial autonomy phase of the Indian national movement was largely ignored by historians. However, it is now becoming increasingly evident that vital changes in power equations occurred during that period. Starting from this premise, Visalakshi Menon provides a detailed account of the Congress Ministry of 1937-39 in the United Provinces and explores the internal dynamics of an organization performing the dual function of a government in power and a movement spearheading the anti-imperialist struggle. She amply demonstrates that this period was not a dormant one as genera Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indian National Congress. U.P. Provincial Congress Committee -- History Indian National Congress. U.P. Provincial Congress Committee POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. HISTORY. Politics and government Indian National Congress Movement. Indian National Congress. Uttar Pradesh (India) -- Politics and government India -- Uttar Pradesh United Provinces. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9788132103684 8132103688

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