Midnight's furies
Subtitle: the deadly legacy of India's partition
By: Nisid Hajari
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780547669212
Subjects: India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: A train to Pakistan; title: Fury; title: Jinnah and Jawaharlal; title: Madhouse; title: "Pakistan Murdabad!"; title: Indian summer; title: Off the rails; title: "Stop this madness"; title: Ad hoc jihad; title: Himalayan quagmire; title: The last battle; title: Deadly legacy.