On the 75th anniversary of India’s partition, scholars from the US, Canada, France, UK and Australia write about their favorite book or film that best explains the trauma of a violent division.
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Jinnah insisted on secular education, gender equality and equal rights for minorities – all of which remain unrealized dreams in Pakistan.
The fate of the so-called princely states was a particularly contentious issue during India’s Partition, which killed about 1 million people and left millions more displaced.
The partition of India led to more than a million deaths. A scholar argues how British royal, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who hurriedly drew the new borders in secret, was largely responsible.
At midnight on August 15, 1947, India achieved freedom from more than two centuries of colonial rule. Hours earlier, Pakistan was declared a new nation. Was partition inevitable?
Top contributors
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Maîtresse de conférences HDR en anglais, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
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Professor & Director, Global Ecological Change & Sustainability Laboratory, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Senior Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury
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Assistant Professor the history of modern and contemporary India, University of Nottingham
