Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
Yasmin Khan
Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan - New Delhi Viking 2007 - xxv,251 p. HB 22x14 cm.
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan
The Partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedom--through the liberation of India from British rule, and the creation of the Muslim state of Pakistan. Instead, the geographical divide brought displacement and death, and it benefited the few at the expense of the very many. Thousands of women were raped, at least one million people were killed, and ten to fifteen million were forced to leave their homes as refugees. One of the first events of decolonization in the twentieth century, Partition was also one of the most bloody. In this book Yasmin Khan examines the context, execution, and aftermath of Partition, weaving together...
9780670081585
Indian History
Nationalism
Changing Regime
Unravelling Raj
954.042 / KHAG
Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan - New Delhi Viking 2007 - xxv,251 p. HB 22x14 cm.
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan
The Partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedom--through the liberation of India from British rule, and the creation of the Muslim state of Pakistan. Instead, the geographical divide brought displacement and death, and it benefited the few at the expense of the very many. Thousands of women were raped, at least one million people were killed, and ten to fifteen million were forced to leave their homes as refugees. One of the first events of decolonization in the twentieth century, Partition was also one of the most bloody. In this book Yasmin Khan examines the context, execution, and aftermath of Partition, weaving together...
9780670081585
Indian History
Nationalism
Changing Regime
Unravelling Raj
954.042 / KHAG
