Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad 178–9,
180, 211–12, 232, 255–6
Acheson, Dean 201–2
agriculture: cooperatives in 227, 242;
failure of redistributive agenda and
‘betting on the strong’ 263; fall
in prices 69; and Five-Year
Plans 193–4, 224–5; limited
income-generation potential of
152; Minister ‘Kamarajed’ 255
ahimsa41, 45, 68
Ahmad, Z.A. 123–5
Aksai Chin 239–42
Ali, Mohammad (Prime Minister of
Pakistan) 216–17
Ali, Mubarak 13
Ali brothers (Muhammad and
Shaukat) 33, 39, 40, 42
All-India Hindu (Maha) Sabha 23, 62,
74, 90, 128, 172, 184, 187, 229;
and concurrent membership of
Congress 91, 124; members
instigating riots 134; offices
attacked after Gandhi’s murder
174; opposes independent Bengal
proposals 136; suspends explicitly
political activities 175; and
upper-caste Hindu opinion 148
All-India Muslim League 19, 31–2,
40, 43, 118, 128, 144, 156, 175;
and 1937 elections 88–9; and
‘atrocities’ of Congress ministries
92–4; and Bose’s presidency of
Congress 98–9; and Cripps
Mission 114–15; and Junagadh
176; League supporters and
Tebhagamovement 154; and
Nehru Report 61–2; opportunity
of the Second World War: 105–6;
‘Pakistan,’ partition negotiations
and violence 121–4, 129–35, 138;
zamindaribase 84
All-India Radio 180, 200, 209
All-India Trade Union Congress
(AITUC) 47, 65–6, 75, 189
Ambedkar, Dr B.R. 73, 132, 148,
150, 195
Amery, Leo 106, 114, 117, 163
Andrews, C.F. 41
Arab states 179, 200, 203, 217
Arya Samaj 15, 23, 63
Aryan 9, 14
Asaf Ali 157, 162
Asian Relations Conference (1947)
159–60, 172, 238
Ataturk, Mustapha Kemal 209INDEX