Indian Political Trials 1775-1947
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0195672151
ISBN 13
9780195672152
LCCN
KNS 172 .P6
Category
Other Jurisdictions
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
xiv, 316 pages
Subject
India
Abstract
Since the dawn of time, political trials stand out as landmarks in man quest for truth, freedom, and justice. Judicial trials have been used for political ends by persons in power of those who seek power of accountability from wielders of power. This book examines 12 significant political trials in Indian history from the early colonial era to the birth of free India. Each chapter focuses on a trial, which while representative of an era also illustrates peculiar judicial decisions that become turning points in Indias past.
Description
Content:
1. Trial of Maharaja Nanda Kumra (1775) : a judicial murder
2. Trial of the last Mughal emperor (1858) : Bahadur Shah Zafar
3. Great Wahabi case
4. Tilak's trials (1897 and 1908)
5. Trial of Aurobindo Ghose (1908)
6. Jinnah defends Tilak (1916)
7. Joint trial of the Ali brothers and the Shankaracharya (1921)
8. Maulana Azad's trial (1922)
9. Gandhi's trial (1922)
10. Meerut conspiracy case (1930)
11. Indian National Army (INA) trial (1945)
12. Trial of Sheikh Abdullah (1946).
1. Trial of Maharaja Nanda Kumra (1775) : a judicial murder
2. Trial of the last Mughal emperor (1858) : Bahadur Shah Zafar
3. Great Wahabi case
4. Tilak's trials (1897 and 1908)
5. Trial of Aurobindo Ghose (1908)
6. Jinnah defends Tilak (1916)
7. Joint trial of the Ali brothers and the Shankaracharya (1921)
8. Maulana Azad's trial (1922)
9. Gandhi's trial (1922)
10. Meerut conspiracy case (1930)
11. Indian National Army (INA) trial (1945)
12. Trial of Sheikh Abdullah (1946).
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-316).
Item donated by Graham Price.
Item donated by Graham Price.
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