CPI's critique of the Cabinet Mission of 1946: Princistan - Imperialism's Nest for Tomorrow
NB: This is another document related to the history of Indian independence. It contains the Communist Party of India's understanding of the controversial Cabinet Mission scheme of 1946; and takes a close look at the military and political implications of that scheme. DS
The document is titled File CPI-99 (1947); and forms part of the P.C. Joshi Archives at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
The full text in PDF, may be downloaded here: https://tinyurl.com/zezcm2f
Here is an extract from the Preface by Romesh Chandra:
At every stage, at which the national movement has raised a new
threat to imperialism and taken a new stride towards freedom, imperialism has
jockeyed the Princes into a new position… The Princes were the key to the
Federal Constitution of the Act of 1935… The Cripps offer had the Princes as
also at its core as imperialism’s safeguard. The Congress’ reasons for
rejecting the offer had at their head the continued use of Princistan and the
Princes to block the path to freedom…
The Cabinet Mission Plan has also Princistan
as its crux. The 93 seats in the Constituent Assembly which the Plan gave to
the States were meant to serve the same purpose as Lord Reading outlined for
the States in the Federal Constitution of 1935 – to exercise “steadying
influence”. Today the British rulers, compelled to declare that they will quit
India in June 1948, have worked out in their plan for “Indian Independence” the new use for the
584 States.
This pamphlet gives a glimpse of this new conspiracy to
retain real control over India, in the way which corresponds to the new
reality.. will that conspiracy succeed?..
Also see:
Sris Chandra Chattopadhya on the Objectives Resolution, Constituent Assembly of Pakistan March 12, 1949
Communist Party of India Report (1950) - Imperialist aggression in Kashmir
CPI's Dhanwantri report: Bleeding Punjab Warns
Pakistan's Law Minister, Jogendra Nath Mandal's Resignation Letter, October 1950
Remembering Gehal Singh, who gave his life for communal harmony
Communist Party of India Report (1950) - Imperialist aggression in Kashmir
CPI's Dhanwantri report: Bleeding Punjab Warns
Pakistan's Law Minister, Jogendra Nath Mandal's Resignation Letter, October 1950
Remembering Gehal Singh, who gave his life for communal harmony