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The Great Partition
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Author : Yasmin Khan
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-04
The Great Partition written by Yasmin Khan and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-04 with History categories.
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC
The Great Partition
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Author : Yasmin Khan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-08
The Great Partition written by Yasmin Khan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08 with categories.
The Partition Of India In 1947 Promised Its People Both Political Freedom And A Future Free Of Religious Strife. Instead, The Geographical Divide Effected An Even Greater Schism Of The Population, Benefiting The Few At The Expense Of The Very Many, Exposing Huge Numbers Of The Population To Devastating Consequences. Thousands Of Women Were Raped, At Least One Million People Were Killed And Ten To Fifteen Times That Number Forced To Leave Their Homes As Refugees. It Was Among The First, Most Significant And Bloodiest Events Of Decolonization In The Twentieth Century. In The Great Partition, Yasmin Khan Examines The Context, Execution And Aftermath Of The Subcontinent S Division, Weaving Together Local Politics And Ordinary Lives With The Larger Political Forces At Play. She Exposes The Obliviousness Of The Small Elite Driving Division, As Well As Of The Majority Of Activists On Both Sides, To What The Partition Would Entail In Practice, How It Would Affect The Populace And How Damaging Its Legacy Would Be. Published To Coincide With The 60Th Anniversary Of Partition And Independence , This Illumination Account Draws Together A Fresh And Considerable Body Of Research, Including Many New Interviews And Archival Sources, To Underscore The Catastrophic Human Cost Of Partition, And To Show Why Its Repercussions Resound Even Today. Scholarly, Deeply Felt, Terrifying And Wise, This Book Is A Sobering Analysis Of One Of The Twentieth Century S Greatest Calamities.
The Shadow Of The Great Game
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Author : Narendra Singh Sarila
language : en
Publisher: Constable
Release Date : 2017-08-10
The Shadow Of The Great Game written by Narendra Singh Sarila and has been published by Constable this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-10 with History categories.
The untold story of Indias Partition. The partition of India in 1947 was the only way to contain intractable religious differences as the subcontinent moved towards independence - or so the story goes. But this dramatic new history reveals previously overlooked links between British strategic interests - in the oil wells of the Middle East and maintaining access to its Indian Ocean territories - and partition. Narendra Singh Sarela reveals here how hte Great Gane against the Soviet Union cast a long shadow. The top-secret documentary evidence unearthed by the author sheds new light on several prominent figures, including Gandhi, Jinnah, Mountbatten, Churchill, Attlee, Wavell and Nerhu. This radical reassessment of one of the key events in British colonial history is important in itself, but its claim that many of the roots of Islamic terrorism sweeping the world today lie in the partition of India has much wider implications.
Midnight S Furies
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Author : Nisid Hajari
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2015-06-03
Midnight S Furies written by Nisid Hajari and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-03 with categories.
After centuries of British rule, nobody expected Indian Independence and the birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - they were supposed to be the answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots - targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs - spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, carving a gulf between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight's Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today.
Partition
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Author : Barney White-Spunner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-09
Partition written by Barney White-Spunner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09 with categories.
The International Bestseller 'Barney White-Spunner's book stands out for its judicious and unsparing look at events from a British perspective.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Review 'This book is at its most powerful in its month-by-month narrative of how Partition tore apart northern and eastern India, with the new state of Pakistan carved out of communities who had lived together for the past millennium.' Zareer Masani BBC History Magazine 'A highly readable account . . .' Times Literary Review Between January and August 1947 the conflicting political, religious and social tensions in India culminated in independence from Britain and the creation of Pakistan. Those months saw the end of ninety years of the British Raj, and the effective power of the Maharajahs, as the Congress Party established itself commanding a democratic government in Delhi. They also witnessed the rushed creation of Pakistan as a country in two halves whose capitals were two thousand kilometers apart. From September to December 1947 the euphoria surrounding the realization of the dream of independence dissipated into shame and incrimination; nearly 1 million people died and countless more lost their homes and their livelihoods as partition was realized. The events of those months would dictate the history of South Asia for the next seventy years, leading to three wars, countless acts of terrorism, polarization around the Cold War powers and to two nations with millions living in poverty spending disproportionate amounts on their military. The roots of much of the violence in the region today, and worldwide, are in the decisions taken that year. Not only were those decisions controversial but the people who made them were themselves to become some of the most enduring characters of the twentieth century. Gandhi and Nehru enjoyed almost saint like status in India, and still do, whilst Jinnah is lionized in Pakistan. The British cast, from Churchill to Attlee and Mountbatten, find their contribution praised and damned in equal measure. Yet it is not only the national players whose stories fascinate. Many of those ordinary people who witnessed the events of that year are still alive. Although most were, predictably, only children, there are still some in their late eighties and nineties who have a clear recollection of the excitement and the horror. Illustrating the story of 1947 with their experiences and what independence and partition meant to the farmers of the Punjab, those living in Lahore and Calcutta, or what it felt like to be a soldier in a divided and largely passive army, makes the story real. Partition will bring to life this terrible era for the Indian Sub Continent.
The Pity Of Partition
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Author : Ayesha Jalal
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-24
The Pity Of Partition written by Ayesha Jalal and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The contents of this book cover Amritsar dreams of revolution, remembering Partition, living and walking Bombay, on the postcolonial moment, Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War, and much more.
Remnants Of Partition
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Author : Aanchal Malhotra
language : en
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Release Date : 2019
Remnants Of Partition written by Aanchal Malhotra and has been published by Hurst & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
Seventy years on, the Partition of India fades from memory. Can it be restored?
Partition Bengal And After
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Author : Kālīprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa
language : en
Publisher: Ess Ess Publication
Release Date : 2007
Partition Bengal And After written by Kālīprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa and has been published by Ess Ess Publication this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This book is a comprehensive history of the Partition and its impact in the life and property of the minorities, especially in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Partition, Bengal and After examines the horrific atrocities committed against innocent unarmed persons. The book offers eyewitness accounts of the genocide, pangs, and pathos of the minorities, which is still continuing in Bangladesh.
The Great Divide
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Author : Henry Vincent Hodson
language : en
Publisher: Hutchinson Radius
Release Date : 1969
The Great Divide written by Henry Vincent Hodson and has been published by Hutchinson Radius this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with History categories.
On August 15, 1947, the new nation of Pakistan was born and Britain's century-long rule over the Indian subcontinent finally came to an end. Here, H. V. Hodson offers an authoritative account of this dramatic step in the retreat of the British imperialism. The book first describes the historical events that paved the way for The Great Divide. Hodson then goes on to chronicle, in fascinating detail, the hectic five months of the last viceroyalty of India and the aftermath of the transfer of power, which saw dreadful massacres and migrations in Punjab and sharp struggles over Kashmir and other regions. The epilogue summarizes events since partition and assesses their effect on the fragile stability of nations in the subcontinent.
Partition Voices
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Author : Kavita Puri
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-11
Partition Voices written by Kavita Puri and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with History categories.
UPDATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTITION 'Puri does profound and elegant work bringing forgotten narratives back to life. It's hard to convey just how important this book is' Sathnam Sanghera 'The most humane account of partition I've read ... We need a candid conversation about our past and this is an essential starting point' Nikesh Shukla, Observer ________________________ Newly revised for the seventy-fifth anniversary of partition, Kavita Puri conducts a vital reappraisal of empire, revisiting the stories of those collected in the 2017 edition and reflecting on recent developments in the lives of those affected by partition. The division of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 into India and Pakistan saw millions uprooted and resulted in unspeakable violence. It happened far away, but it would shape modern Britain. Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. But their memory of partition has been shrouded in silence. In her eye-opening and timely work, Kavita Puri uncovers remarkable testimonies from former subjects of the Raj who are now British citizens – including her own father. Weaving a tapestry of human experience over seven decades, Puri reveals a secret history of ruptured families and friendships, extraordinary journeys and daring rescue missions that reverberates with compassion and loss. It is a work that breaks the silence and confronts the difficult truths at the heart of Britain's shared past with South Asia.