Partitioned lives : migrants, refugees, citizens in India and Pakistan, 1947-65
Roy, HaimantiAuthor
New Delhi : Oxford University Press,
2013.
The processes of establishing new national orders in the aftermath of the Partition entailed that minorities - Hindus in Pakistan and Muslims in India - had to re-negotiate their identities as rightful citizens. This book focuses on the partition of Bengal, its effects on minorities, and the subsequent reordering of national identities in India and East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh).
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
The processes of establishing new national orders in the aftermath of the Partition entailed that minorities - Hindus in Pakistan and Muslims in India - had to re-negotiate their identities as rightful citizens. This book focuses on the partition of Bengal, its effects on minorities, and the subsequent reordering of national identities in India and East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh).
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 20, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
History & Archaeology
South Asia