Part of the Towards Freedom series, this volume contains primary sources and archival documents related to the year 1946. The first part covers different aspects of the history of socio-political history of British India like RIN Mutiny, Communist Movement, Communalism, popular movements, and economic policies. This second volume, divided into six chapters, focuses on AISPC, Congress, Communists, Muslim League, and various socio-political aspects of PRINCELY INDIA. The first chapter gives an overall perspective of Princely India. The second chapter examines states in north India and Kashmir while the next one studies Hyderabad, Travancore, and the South. The next three chapters deal respectively with Western Indian States, Central Indian States, and Eastern and North-Eastern States.