Ireland, India and Empire : Indo-Irish radical connections, 1919-64 / Kate O'Malley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Malley, Kate.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Ireland--Relations--India.

Ireland.

India--Relations--Ireland.

India.

Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Great Britain.

Colonies.

History.

Patel, Vithalbhai Jhaverbhai, 1873-1933.

Patel, Vithalbhai Jhaverbhai.

Bose, Subhas Chandra, 1897-1945.

Bose, Subhas Chandra.

Physical Description:

xv, 216 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2008.

Summary:

Offering a fresh new perspective on the history of the end of empire, with the Irish and Indian independence movements as its focus, this book details how each country's nationalist agitators engaged with each other and exchanged ideas. Using previously unpublished sources from the Indian Political Intelligence collection, it chronicles the rise and fall of movements such as the Indian-Irish Independence League and the League Against Imperialism whose histories have, until now, remained deeply hidden in the archives.

The maturation of the Indo-Irish nexus documented in this book eventually culminated with the establishment of diplomatic ties between both independent states in the 1960s, yet the British Government initially interpreted these transnational links as a potential threat to the empire and monitored their development through its security services. O'Malley highlights opaque aspects of the careers of popular figures from both Irish and Indian history including Subhas Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru, Eamon de Valera and Maud Gonne MacBride at points when their paths crossed, and also looks at how many one-time agitators went on to become international statesmen.

This book encompasses aspects of Irish, Indian, British, Imperial and intelligence history, and will be of interest to students, teachers and general history enthusiasts alike.

Contents:

1 The communist menace 13

2 V.J. Patel and the Indian-Irish Independence League 53

3 Subhas Chandra Bose and Ireland 90

4 The Second World War and the 'vanishing Empire' 127

5 A Commonwealth republic 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-204) and index.

ISBN:

9780719077517

0719077516

OCLC:

181601635