01592cam a22001814a 4500020001500000020002200015040000800037082001800045100001800063245007600081260005000157300002100207440004800228505101800276650003901294650004901333650002801382  a0761995056  a0761995064 (pbk.)  cDLC00a954.03bMIS/N1 aMisra, Salil.12aA narrative of communal politics: Uttar Pradesh, 1937-39/cSalil Misra.  aThousand Oaks, CA:bSage Publications,c2001.  a362 p. ;c23 cm.  aSage series in modern Indian history, v. 2.  aContents
Series Editors' Preface	9
List of Abbreviations	12
Preface	13
Background	23
One: The Elections of 1937:Pathway to Communalism	41
Constitutional Backdrop	41
Muslim League Prepares for Elections	49
Landlords and Elections	59
Congress and Elections	71
Two:Aftermath of the Elections	88
Accepting the Ministry: Hazards for Congress	88
Congress-League Coalition: Myth and Reality	99
Three: The Muslim League Story	128
Crisis	130
Initial Consolidation	138
The Making of an Ideologue: M.A. Jinnah	156
Movement Unleashed	178
The Making of the Quaid-i-Azam	207
Four: The Congress Story	222
Post-election Scenario:The Success-Failure Dichotomy	223
 
8	A Narrative of Commrmal Politics
Muslim Mass Contact Programme: Triumph or Fiasco	229
Inside the Assembly	252
Handling the Communal Problem: Ministry and the Organization	274
Five:The Third Actor: Hindu Communalism	287
Up to 1937:Surviving to Struggle	290
1937-39: Struggling to Survive	297
Concluding Remarks	318
Bibliography	345
Index	356
About the Author	363
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