Nehru - Benjamin Zachariah

112–13, 116–18, 182; Hindu
groups influenced by 90; and
imperialism 79, 107, 230; and
over-centralised state 181; Sikh
and Hindu fascism 172; and
Subhas Bose 98, 126
feudal–imperial alliance 1 2, 56, 153
finance 35, 77, 108, 111, 132;
division between India and
Pakistan 173; sterling balances
and continued British control of,
160–3
First World War 30–34, 36, 40
Five-Year Plans seeplans, planning
food aid 186, 202
franchise: property 5–6, 71, 73, 87,
95, 147, 148; universal adult 140,
144, 148 see alsoelections,
electorates
Freemasons 30
Frost, Robert 256

Gandhi, Feroze 113, 183, 233
Gandhi (Nehru), Indira 54, 74–5,
183, 186, 232–3, 257–8
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand 3, 7,
10, 15, 17, 19–20, 32;
assassination 174–5, 180, 184;
Civil Disobedience Movement
67–72; Communal Award and
Poona Pact 73; early campaigns
32–3, 36–7; fasts 73, 118, 138,
173–4; Gandhi–Irwin Pact and
consequences 72–3; and Hunter
Commission 38–9; and
Non-Cooperation-Khilafat
Movement 40–2; popular
interpretations of 45–6; and
post-Partition violence 170, 175;
and Quit India Movement
115–16, 118; relations with
Nehru 33, 54, 65, 78–9, 83, 113,
174, 181; relations with rightists
and businessmen 57, 68, 71–2,
84–5; and Second World War

105, 107, 109; and transfer of

power negotiations 122, 135–6;

and Tripuri Crisis 97–100

Gandhians, Gandhism 57, 61, 65, 76,

79, 99, 111; after Gandhi’s death

196–7, 226, 254, 265; and Indian

Constitution 148–9 see alsovillage

communities, bhoodan

Garibaldi, Giuseppe 17

General Assembly (United Nations)

157, 202

Geneva Conference on Indo-China

(1954) 203, 218

Germany 76, 98, 112; West Germany

248

Ghadr30, 31

Ghosh, Aurobindo 41

Goa 156, 221, 245, 248

Gopal, Sarvepalli 242

Government of India Act (1935)

77–8, 85–6, 131, 149, 232

Great Calcutta Killings (1946) 130–1

Great Depression 69, 74, 77, 81

Green Revolution 263

Guomindang (GMD) (Kuomintang)

59, 66, 109, 238

Harrow 4, 16–19, 27, 58, 256; anti-

Semitism at 18

Hatta, Mohammed 200

Heidelberg 26

Hind Swaraj20, 41, 61

Hindi 13, 18, 50–1, 53–4, 196, 204,

208–9, 252, 258 see also

Hindustani, Urdu

Hindu Code Bill 185, 261, 263–4

Hindu law 5

Hindu–Mohammedan Conference

(1911) 22–3

Hindu–Muslim relations 22, 33, 54,

57, 62–3, 91, 108, 140

Hindu revivalism 15, 33, 93, 171,

257

Hindustani 13, 46, 49, 54, 126, 175,

208–9

INDEX 291