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100			_aLockwood, David
245			_aCalcutta under fire : _bthe second world war years / _cDavid Lockwood
260			_aIndia _bRupa Publishers _c2019
300			_a294 p.
365			_aINR _b295.00.
500			_aDecember 1942: Calcutta is bombed by the Japanese air force. In the ensuing panic, one and a half million flee the almost defenseless city. The Japanese, having stormed through Malaya, Singapore and Burma, appear unstoppable—and on their way to India. David Lockwood investigates the reactions and plans of the Congress, the British and the Indian National Army (INA), concluding that the episode revealed a good deal about plans for India after the war, the impossibility of the INA’s military solution, and that it was a part of the transition of the Indian State from the British to the Congress. Calcutta under Fire, offers a rare insight into a crucial period of contemporary Indian history.
650			_aWorld War (1939-1945)
650			_aHegemony
650			_aIndia
650			_aQuit India Movement (India : 1942)
650			_aMilitary operations, Aerial--Japanese
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aIndian National Congress