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The Partition of India
The Partition of India recounts the end of British rule in 1947 and the creation of India and Pakistan. It traces wartime politics, negotiations among the British government, the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League, and the hurried drawing of new borders.
The book centres on the mass migration and communal violence that accompanied partition, especially in Punjab and Bengal. It considers the experiences of refugees, women and divided communities and explains how the settlement left enduring disputes over citizenship, memory and territory.
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