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Author:

Hajari, Nisid, author.

Title:

Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition / Nisid Hajari.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

India--History--Partition, 1947.
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
Pakistan--History--20th century.
Jinnah, Mahomed Ali,--1876-1948.
Nehru, Jawaharlal,--1889-1964.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-311) and index.

Contents:

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 -- 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.

ISBN:

0547669216
9780547669212

LCCN:

2014034426

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