द इण्डियन स्ट्रगल / भारतीय स्वाधीनता संग्राम (नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस - ऐतिहासिक विश्लेषण)

PREFACE
MANY are the defects that will be found in this book. It
was written in great haste and at a time when my health was
far from satisfactory. As a matter of fact, owing to reasons
of ill-health, the completion of the manuscript was delayed
beyond all anticipation.
Difficulty in getting necessary papers and books of reference
was a serious handicap to me. If I had been in India or
even in England, at the time of writing, my task would have
been much easier. In the circumstances, I had no option but
to draw largely from my memory. After the completion of
the manuscript some interesting developments have taken
place—for example, the meeting of the plenary Session of
the Congress at Bombay towards the end of October, 1934,
elections to the Indian Legislative Assembly, the publica-
tion of the Report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee,
etc. While revising the proofs, I have attempted to make
certain additions, with a view to bringing the book up to
date.
A further misfortune has been that even the finishing
touches to the book could not be given at leisure. While
engaged in this task I have had to rush through my work
in order to start for India at once, owing to urgent private
reasons.
This book has been written by one who has played an
intimate part in the struggle which he has narrated and who
is expected to continue the same work. It is therefore to
be hoped that the narrative will prove to be interesting and
will incidentally help to interpret the Indian struggle to
the foreign observer. If this purpose is achieved in how-
ever small a measure, my labours will not prove to be in
vain.
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