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*[https://archive.org/details/britishoversease0000carr/page/n5/mode/2up ''The British Overseas : Exploits of a Nation of Shopkeepers''] by C E Carrington 1950. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes many chapters about India, from the early days of the East India Company to 1947.
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*[https://archive.org/details/churchillcrippsi0000moor/page/n7 ''Churchill, Cripps, and India, 1939-1945''] by R J Moore (Robin James) 1979. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishinasia033318mbp ''The British In Asia''] by Guy Wint 1947 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/britishoversease0000carr/page/n5/mode/2up ''The British Overseas : Exploits of a Nation of Shopkeepers''] by C E Carrington 1950. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes many chapters about India, from the early days of the East India Company to 1947.
* ''India and the Passing of Empire'' by Sir George Dunbar 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526521 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
* ''The British Impact on India'' by Sir Percival J Griffiths 1952. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526461 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*''The Men Who Ruled India'', published in three volumes, ''The Founders'' (1953), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126942 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; ''The Guardians, Volume I'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127071 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India; and ''The Guardians, Volume lI'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127070 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India; (1954) by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym). The author was Philip Mason who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1928.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.2624/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Transfer of Power in India 1945-7''] by E W R Lumby 1954 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/transferofpowerinindiamenonv.p._948_q/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Transfer of Power in India''] by V P Menon 1957 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.19551/page/n5 ''The Last Days Of The of the British Raj''] by Leonard Mosley 1960 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/martiallawinindi0000mina ''Martial Law in India, Pakistan and Ceylon''] by Joseph Minattur 1962. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/LastYearsOfBritishIndia ''The Last Years Of of British India''] by Michael Edwardes 1963 Archive.org. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.449456 Archive.org version 2].
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12619/page/n7 ''Asia In The European Age 1498-1955''] by Michael Edwardes 1961. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/westinasia18501900edwa/page/n7 ''The West in Asia, 1850-1914''] by Michael Edwardes 1967. Archive.org Lending Library. Covers European powers and Great Britain, including India, Burma, Malaya, North Borneo.
*[https://archive.org/details/martiallawinindi0000mina greatdividebrita0000hods/page/n7/mode/2up ''Martial Law in The Great Divide: Britain, India, Pakistan and Ceylon''] by Joseph Minattur 1962. H V Hodson 1969 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/administrativehi0000misr/page/n5 ''The Administrative History of India, 1834-1947; General Administration''] by B B Misra 1970. Archive.org Lending Library.
*''The Transfer of Power 1942-7''. Editor in Chief Nicholas Mansergh, Editor Penderel Moon. Published in 12 volumes 1970- 1983 HMSO. Title page includes the additional title ''Constitutional Relations between Britain and India''. Unpublished documents from the India Office Records.
:''v. 1. The Cripps Mission, January-April 1942.--v. 2. Quit India, 30 April-21 September 1942.--v. 3. Reassertion of authority, Gandhi's fast, and the succession to the Viceroyalty, 21 September 1942-12 June 1943.--v. 4. The Bengal famine and the new Viceroyalty, 15 June 1943-31 August 1944.--v. 5. The Simla Conference, background and proceedings, 1 September 1944-28 July 1945.--v. 6. The post-war phase: new moves by the Labour Government, 1 August 1945-22 March 1946.--v. 7. The cabinet mission, 23 March-29 June 1946.--v. 8. The interim government, 3 July-1 November, 1946.--v. 9. The fixing of a time limit, 4 November 1946-22 March 1947.--v. 10. The Mountbatten Viceroyalty, formation of a plan, 22 March-30 May 1947.--v. 11. The Mountbatten Viceroyalty announcement and reception of the 3 June plan 31 May-7 July 1947.--v. 12. The Mountbatten Viceroyalty, princes, partition, and independence, 8 July-15 August 1947''.
:[https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10001unse/page/n7 Vol. 1], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10002unse/page/n7 Vol. 2], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10003unse/page/n9 Vol. 3], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10004unse/page/n9 Vol. 4], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10005unse/page/n9 Vol. 5], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10006unse/page/n9 Vol. 6], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10007unse/page/n7 Vol. 7], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10008unse/page/n9 Vol. 8], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10009unse/page/n7 Vol. 9], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10010unse/page/n7 Vol. 10], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10011unse/page/n7 Vol. 11], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10012unse/page/n7 Vol. 12] Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/solespokesmanjinnahmuslimleaguethedemandforpakistanayeshajalalcup_781_y/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the demand for Pakistan''] by Ayesha Jalal 1994 edition, first published 1985 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/shamefulflightla00wolp ''Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India''] by Stanley A. Wolpert 2006 Archive.org Lending Library.*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2Wx9DQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 ''Partition: The story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan in 1947''] by Barney White-Spunner 2017. Sample pages only, Google Books.
*Also see [[Life in India#Historical books online 6|Life in India-Departure and Connections]] for books about independence in 1947.
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