Hajari, Nisid <br/><br/>
Midnight's furies :  the deadly legacy of India's partition 
/ Nisid Hajari. 
 - New York  : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  , 2015 
 - 328 p.  : illus.  ; 24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-311) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780547669212 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jinnah, Mahomed Ali (1876 - 1948) <br/>Gandhi, Indira Nehru (, 1917-1984) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947 - 1949
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India---History---Partition, 1947<br/>Pakistan---History---20th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS480.842  / .H35 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.042 HAJ