Proceedings of a conference held in London in 1967. "First published, 1970"--Title page verso.

Some reflections on the transfer of power in plural societies /P.N.S. Mansergh -- The making of India's paper federation, 1927-35 / R.J. Moore -- British policy and the Indian problem, 1936-40 / R.J. Moore -- British policy towards the Indian States, 1940-7 / E.W.R. Lumby -- The Cabinet Mission and its aftermath / A.G. Noorani -- The role of Lord Mountbatten / H.V. Hodson -- Keeping the peace in India, 1946-7 : the role of Lieut.-General Sir Francis Tuker in Eastern Command / Mary Doreen Wainwright -- Nehru, the Indian National Congress and the partition of India, 1935-47 / B.R. Nanda -- The Congress and the partition of India / S.R. Mehrotra -- Gandhi during partition : a case study in the nature of Satyagraha / D.G. Dalton -- Aspects of the development of Muslim League policy / 1937-47 / Z.H. Zaidi -- The personality of Jinnah and his political strategy / Khalid B. Sayeed -- Economic problems and Indian independence / K.N. Chaudhuri -- The background of Pakistan / Mumtaz Hasan -- Factors leading to the partition of British India / M.A.H. Ispahani -- A case study of the social relations between the Muslims and the Hindus, 1935-47 / I.H. Qureshi -- Dacca University and the Pakistan Movement / Mahmud Husain -- Reflections on some of the causes of the partition of the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent / Abdul Qaiyum Khan -- Some Memories / Raja of Mahmudabad -- Muslim politics, 1942-7 / Humayun Kabir -- The partition of India in retrospect / M. Mujeeb -- India, 1935-47 / B. Shiva Rao -- 1937-47 in retrospect : a civil servant's view / C.S. Venkatachar -- A third force in India 1920-47 : a study in political analysis / Percival Spear -- Prospects for a united India after the cessation of British rule, as these appeared in Sind 1930-46 / H.T. Lambrick -- Federal negotiations on India 1935-9, and after / Francis Wylie -- Some thoughts on British policy and the Indian States, 1935-47 / Conrad Corfield -- The Parliamentary Delegation to India, January 1946 / Lord Sorensen -- Impressions, 1938-47 / Maurice & Taya Zinkin.