An Indian Government Is Possible.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Mitchell, Kate L.
- Source
- New Republic; 8/30/43 Part 1 of 2, Vol. 109 Issue 9, p275-277, 3p
- Subject
- POLITICS & government of India, 1919-1947
POLITICAL parties
FOOD prices
TERRITORIAL partition
BRITISH people
INDIC castes
- Language
- ISSN
- 00286583
Focuses on the present social and political conditions in India. Bitterness and anti-British sentiment among the people of India; Division of the Congress Party and the Moslem League; Discontent among the Indian population due to sharp rise in food prices and critical food shortage; Belief of the Britishers that the Indian people are not ready for self-rule because of internal disunity; Claim of British spokesmen that the Congress does not even represent the Hindu masses because its activities are supported by rich industrialists and bankers; Proposal of the Indian National Congress for the formation of a government representing every important section of Indian opinion; Demand of the Moslem League for the partition of India into separate Moslem and Hindu states; Opposition of the demand by many members of the League; Impact of mobilization for war purposes on the Hindu caste system; View that a self-governing India will face many difficult problems.