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100			_aYasmin Khan _911053
245			_aGreat Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan
260			_aNew Delhi _bViking _c2007
300			_axxv,251 p. _bHB _c22x14 cm.
365			_b495.00 _c₹ _d495.00
520			_aA 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...
650			_aIndian History _911046
650			_aNationalism _911047
650			_aChanging Regime _911048
650			_aUnravelling Raj _911049
700			_aKHAN (Yasmin) _911050
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