At India’s summer capital, statesman ship and wisdom were on trial. For in Simla’s viceregal lodge the momentous conference of Viceroy Lord Wavell and India’s nationalist leaders was about to begin.

The first faint flush of light that sometimes precedes the dawn is called the false dawn. Last week the 21 Indian delegates, gathered around the long teak table in the Simla conference room, learned ...

Includes discussion of proposal to establish a central institute of oriental research. "Appendices": p. 41-146. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp ...