1. From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942

2. From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942

3. From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell's viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944

4. Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945

5. From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946

6. The interim government, June-December 1946

7. Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947

8. Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947

9. Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947

10. Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948.