This book attempts to analyze the deeper and complex undercurrents of Lord Wavell’s viceroyalty, a subject which has not been previously touched upon in depth. An attempt has been made for the first time to cover nearly all the major events and the leading characters [such as M.A. Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi] who constituted the variegated political scene of India in its widest sense during the Second World War – and the period immediately after it – when the British grip on India was loosening fast and their departure from India was simply a matter of timing.