and Indo-Chinese border dispute
241, 243–4, 248–9; and Korean
War 201–2; post-war British
dependence on 161, 199; post-war
politics, economics and India’s
Commonwealth membership
157–8, 162, 198; during Second
World War 112–14; and Tibet
235–6, 241
untouchables seeScheduled Castes
Urdu 13, 46, 54, 208–9, 252 see also
Hindi, Hindustani
Vietnam, North 203, 218
Vietnam, South 203, 218
village communities 61, 125, 194–6,
225
Vishwa Bharati seeShantiniketan
Wavell, Lord: and British destruction
of documents in preparation for
departure 133; and famine relief
120; and fragility of armed forces
loyalty 126–7; and Interim
Government 131–3; transfer of
power negotiations 221–2; and use
of British Indian Army to restore
imperialist regimes in South-East
Asia 133–4
Wedderburn, Sir William 22
Wilson, Woodrow 8
women 5, 13, 16, 33, 62, 69, 70, 75,
136, 137, 212, 220, 263, 264, 265
Workers’ and Peasants’ Parties 56Xinjiang 239, 240Yugoslavia 199, 203, 220zamindari, zamindars11, 19, 32, 84,
91–2, 131, 153, 168, 189
zamindariabolition seeland reforms
Zhou Enlai 204–5, 217, 219–20, 237,
239, 243–4, 249INDEX 299