01381nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200220009110000160011324500540012926000280018330000300021136500240024152007930026565000190105865000160107765000200109365000200111370000180113320211130150519.0211130b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670081585  cAL  aeng  223a954.042bKHAG  aYasmin Khan  aGreat Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan  aNew DelhibVikingc2007  axxv,251 p.bHBc22x14 cm.  b495.00c₹d495.00  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...  aIndian History  aNationalism  aChanging Regime  aUnravelling Raj  aKHAN (Yasmin)