Examines the context, execution and aftermath of the partition of India in 1947. This book exposes the obliviousness of the small elite driving division, as well as the majority of activists on both sides, to what partition would entail in practice and its effects on the populace.
The partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedom. This book examines the context, execution and aftermath of partition, integrating an incisive knowledge of political manoeuvres with an understanding of their fundamental social and cultural consequences.