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Partition of India : why 1947?

Author: Kaushik Roy
Publisher: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series: Oxford in India readings., Debates in Indian history and society.
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"The year 1947 was a turning point in the history of South Asia. The independence of British India resulted in two sovereign states: India and Pakistan. This book analyses two important dimensions of the Partition-timing and causation. The essays by prominent scholars study the long- and short-term causes of the Partition, beginning with the elections of 1936-7 and the subsequent formation of Congress government in  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kaushik Roy
ISBN: 9780198077602 0198077602
OCLC Number: 768071508
Description: xliii, 276 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Introduction / Kaushik Roy --
The parting of the ways / G.D. Khosla --
Concluding review / Satish Saberwal --
Nationalism versus Communalism / Gyanendra Pandey --
Islam and Muslim separatism / Francis Robinson --
The local roots of the Pakistan movement: the Aligarh Muslim University / Mushirul Hasan --
The second partition of Bengal / Partha Chatterjee --
The 1947 United Bengal Movement: a thesis without a synthesis / Bidyut Chakrabarty --
The Sikhs and the prospect of Pakistan / Indu Banga --
The success of the Muslim League: June 1945 to March 1946 / Anita Inder Singh --
Towards partition: the cabinet mission / Penderel Moon --
Why Gandhi accepted the decision to partition India / Sucheta Mahajan.
Series Title: Oxford in India readings., Debates in Indian history and society.
Responsibility: edited by Kaushik Roy.
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This volume explores the timing and causes of the Partition of India in 1947 from the elections of 1936-7 to the acceptance of the Partition plan. It examines the major debates surrounding this  Read more...

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