Table of contents : Preface to the First Edition 3 Preface to the Second Edition 5 I. Birth and Nurturing 6 II. Congress and Swadeshi 22 III. World War I; Threat of Revolution; Entry of the Mahatma 35 IV. Rowlatt Movement and Congress Satyagraha 47 V. From Non-Cooperation to Chauri Chaura 52 VI. Congress in the Councils; Masses in the Streets 58 VII. 1928-29 Worker-Peasant Upsurge and Congress 62 VIII. Struggle Within Congress Against the Leadership 68 IX. The Shaping of Jawaharlal 72 X. 'Complete Independence' Slogan Betrayed 77 XI. 1934-37: Congress Cultivates a Radical Image 90 XII. 1937-39: Junior Partners in the Raj 99 XIII. 1942: Who Scuttled the Quit India Movement? 106 XIV. New Raj in the Making 122 XV. Divide, Slaughter and Rule 134 XVI. Telangana: Glimmerings of a New Democracy 141 XVII. “Not Even the Shadow" 146 XVIII. In Sum 160