Subject(s): National Movements -- Political parties -- Interim Government -- Prelude- moderate phase- 1885-1916 : Indian national congress, Muslim questions, terrorist alternative, British responses -- Advent of Mass politics 1917- 1935 : Indian national congress, Muslim politics, other political parties - Hindu Mahasabha, national liberal federation of india, communist party of India, congress socialist party, British policy -- Towards partition : Polarization of political forces 1936-1945, congress in power and opposition, growth of Muslim league, minor parties- congress socialists and communist, Hindu Mahasabha and liberals, British raj on defensive, cabinet mission, interim government, partition of India -- Indian states : British policy, congress policy, integration of Indian states