1. Understanding the partition historiography; 2. The road to 1947; 3. Violence and partition; 4. Migration and resettlement; 5. Partition legacies: ethnic and religious nationalism; 6. An enduring rivalry: India and Pakistan since 1947.
An account of the partition of India at independence in 1947.
Ian Talbot is Professor of History at the University of Southampton. His recent publications include The Deadly Embrace: Religion, Politics and Violence in India and Pakistan 1947–2002 (ed., 2007) and Divided Cities: Partition and its Aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar 1947–1957 (2006). Gurharpal Singh is Nadir Dinshaw Professor of Inter-Religious Relations in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham. His recent publications include Governance in Multicultural Societies (ed. with John Rex, 2004) and Culture and Economy in the Indian Diaspora (ed. with Bhikhu Parekh and Steven Vertovec, 2003).
'The publication of this well-written, concise and informative
volume by two leading scholars in their field is a welcome
appearance for scholars and students of South Asian studies, as
well as for those interested in the study of ethnic violence,
partition, forced migration and refugee resettlement in general.'
Sadia Bajwa, H-Soz-u-Kult
'One of the nuggets in this book has Altaf Hussain, a modern leader
of Pakistan's Mohajir community, describing Partition as 'the
biggest blunder in the history of humanity'. In this readable and
useful text, the authors set out to make sense of all those who
blundered and why, and to set events in a wider context.' Asian
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