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The great Partition : the making of India and Pakistan


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Examines the context, execution and aftermath of partition, integrating the knowledge of political manoeuvres with an understanding of their fundamental social and cultural consequences. This account draws together a body of research to reappraise independence and division and reinforce its catastrophic human cost.

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Introduction: the plan. In the shadow of war. Changing regime. The unravelling Raj. The collapse of trust. From breakdown to breakdown. Untangling two nations. Blood on the tracks. Leprous daybreak. Bitter legacies. Divided families


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Weekendavisen

d. 7. Sep. 2007

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Jeppe Matzen

d. 7. Sep. 2007