Title: Midnight's furies
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.
Subjects: India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949, History, Jinnah, mohamed ali, 1876-1948, Nehru, jawaharlal, 1889-1964, India-pakistan conflict, 1965, India, history, 20th century, Pakistan, history, New York Times reviewed, India-Pakistan Conflict (1947-1949) fast (OCoLC)fst00968996, Partition of India (1947) fast (OCoLC)fst01353944, India-Pakistan Conflict (1947-1949) fast (OCoLC)fst00968996 (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86001713 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00968996, Partition of India (1947) fast (OCoLC)fst01353944 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01353944
Places: Pakistan, India
People: Mahomed Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)
Time periods: 20th century, Partition, 1947