| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 328 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
Prologue: a train to Pakistan -- Fury -- Jinnah and Jawaharlal -- Madhouse -- "Pakistan murdabad!" -- Indian summer -- Off the rails -- "Stop this madness" -- Ad hoc jihad -- Himalayan quagmire -- The last battle -- Epilogue: deadly legacy. |
| Summary |
Describes how a cycle of rioting and violence leading up to the partition of India and birth of Pakistan resulted in brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing on both sides of the border, creating a divide between India and Pakistan that persists decades later. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-311) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948.
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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.
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Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948. |
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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964. |
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India-Pakistan Conflict (1947-1949) |
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Partition of India (1947) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Subject |
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
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India -- History -- Partition, 1947.
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Pakistan -- History -- 20th century.
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India. |
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Pakistan. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Hajari, Nisid. Midnight's furies Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015 9780547669212 (DLC) 2014034426 (OCoLC)885225559 |
| ISBN |
9780547669243 : $15.95 |
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0547669240 : $15.95 |
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