Nehru - Benjamin Zachariah

Japan 56, 72, 98, 109–10, 112–13,
115–16, 118–19, 126–7, 159
Jews 96–7, 179
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali 43, 62, 99,
105–6, 118, 122–3, 129–30; and
final transfer of power negotiations
134–8; and Interim Government
132; and Kashmir dispute 177,
179–80
Johnson, Colonel Louis 114, 164
Johnson, Lyndon 263
Joliot-Curie, F. 167
Junagadh 156, 176, 178, 185

Kalimpong 241
Kamaraj Plan 254, 255, 258
Kashmir 139, 156, 173, 176–80, 199;
and Cold War politics 202, 216,
218, 221, 223; disregard of
constitutional status and erosion of
autonomy 211–12, 232, 255–6;
Pakistan-occupied (‘Azad’)
Kashmir 245; Tibetan and Chinese
borders with 237, 239, 240
Kashmiri Brahmins 11, 27–8
Kerala, Communist government in
229, 231–4
Khaksars 175
Khan, Ayub 243
Khan, Khan Abdul Ghaffar 26
Khan, Liaquat Ali 132, 170, 184
Khan Saheb, Dr 26
Khilafat Movement 33, 40–50, 54,
57, 69, 88 see alsoNon-
Cooperation-Khilafat Movement
Khrushchev, Nikita 60, 204, 221,
231, 235
Khudai Khidmatgar 26, 88
Kidwai, Rafi Ahmed 186
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (KMPP) 1
86–7
Kisan Sabhas69, 80, 87, 92, 129, 182,
234
Kitchlew, Dr Saifuddin 26
Korean War 1, 186, 201–4

Kripalani, J.B. 181, 184, 186, 253

Krishak Praja Party (KPP) 88–9,

91–3

krishak samities 69

labour, workers 5, 41, 46, 48, 66, 67,

82, 85, 152, 188, 194, 224, 225

see alsostrikes

Labour governments in Britain 65,

76, 77, 116, 123

Labour Party 4, 58, 76, 95, 108, 113,

116, 123, 125, 165

Ladakh 241, 246

Lahore Resolution (Pakistan

Resolution) 106

land reforms 87, 92, 153, 185, 189,

195, 223–4, 227, 231 see also

zamindariabolition

landlords, landowners: and bhoodan

195; and class base of independent

Indian state 228–31, 234, 244;

and communal violence 134; and

Congress 66, 85, 86–9, 91; and

Depression 69; and land reforms

189–90; as ‘natural leaders’ 12;

and Non-Cooperation Movement

45–6, 48–9 see also zamindars,

taluqdars

Laos 203, 218

Laski, Harold 4, 75, 95

League against Imperialism (LAI)

58–9, 66

Lend-Lease Agreement 161

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich 43, 74, 151

Leninists, Leninism 4 3, 74, 80, 191

Linlithgow, Lord 101, 105–6, 108–9,

114–15, 117, 120, 128

List, Friedrich 34

Lohia, Ram Manohar 142, 197, 226,

245, 253

London School of Economics 26

Lucknow Pact (December 1916)

31–2

McGhee, George 201–2

INDEX 293