1. Goodbye to India –
2. A passage to India –
3. Soldiering on the frontier –
4. Colonial adventures –
5. Politics'- a fine game to play' –
6. The young radical –
7. Prizes of the game –
8. Jallianwana Bagh –
9. Creating kingdoms through a stroke of a pen –
10. Out of office –
11. A future for India –
12. The irwin declaration –
13. India grips the commons –
14. Churchill and the bill –
15. Trade, Lancashire, and the committee of privileges –
16. Inside Churchill's language –
17. Boxwallahs and martial people –
18. The Imperial World –
19. In Power Again –
20. War: The August Offer –
21. War: India at War –
22. War: Two Cripps Missions –
23. War: Quit India –
24. War: The Bengal Famine –
25. War: The Indian Army Triumphant –
26. The Beginning of the End –
27. Independence and Afterwards –
28. The Heart of the Paradox –
Notes –
Index –
Privileges.

"Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the sub-continent--or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully. Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards independence, crippling the Government of India Act over five years of dogged opposition to its passage in the 1930s. As Prime Minister during the Second World War, Churchill frustrated the freedom struggle from behind the scenes, delaying independence by a decade. To this day he is 'the' imperialist villain for Indians, held personally responsible for the Bengal Famine. This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish. The same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office, risking his career with his generosity to the Boers and the Irish, and later speeding up independence in the Middle East. Why was he so strangely hostile towards India?"