Table of Contents

Introduction; Principal holders of office, January-April 1948; Notes on the ministers of the Commonwealth Relations Office and key British Government officials; Myriad problems: all-out war over Kashmir still possible start of Gandhis fast: documents for 1-15 January 1948; Inter-Dominion situation eases Gandhis assassination: documents for 16-31 January 1948; The immediate aftermath of Gandhis murder: documents for 1-14 February 1948; Clamp down on extremist movements in India: documents for 15-29 February 1948; Continued concern over fissiparous tendencies in India and Pakistan: documents for 1-15 March 1948; Socialists leave Congress but Sikhs move towards the Party: documents for 16-31 March 1948; Signs of Instability Persist: Ministerial Problems in Pakistan: documents for 1-15 April 1948; Hostile reactions to U.N. Kashmir resolution: Inter-Dominion agreement at Calcutta but Other Issues Remain: Documents for 16-30 April 1948; Index.

About the Author

For more than ten years, Lionel Carter was a member of the team which produced the British Governments series of Documents on the Transfer of Power to India, 1942-47. From 1980 until 1999, Carter served as Secretary and Librarian of the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge.