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

By:

Hajari, Nisid

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2015Description: 328 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780547669212

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.042 HAJ

LOC classification:

DS480.842 .H35 2015

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.

Abstract: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	954.042 HAJ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001642

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

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.

English.

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