Decolonization in South Asia - Sekhar (Victoria University of Wellington Bandyopadhyay - Bog

Explores the meanings and complexities of India's experience of transition from colonial to the post-colonial period. This book focuses on the first five years - from independence on 15th August, 1947 to the first general election in January 1952 - in the politics of West Bengal, the new province that was created as a result of the Partition.