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The Partition of the Indian Subcontinent (1947) and Beyond Uneasy Borders

214 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge India

214 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge India

214 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge India

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The book is a comprehensive study of border-related issues arising from the 1947 Partition of India. It looks at various cases of border disputes and affrays such as disputes related to the incorporation of princely states like Kashmir and Jaunpur, the agitation for the creation of new political entities, post-partition reconstruction of Punjab and old pre-partition Punjabi leaders losing their... Read more

List of contributors

Preface

Introduction

1. Lyrics of Loss and Laments: Anecdotal History of Assam Partition and its afterlife

Binayak Dutta

2. ‘Cartography of Self-assertion’: Superimposed boundary and local response in the India Myanmar Borderlands

Pum Khan Pau

3. Off shoots of Partition: The Rise of Adverse Possessions in India

Sajal Nag

4. The Partition of Bengal and Struggle for Existence of the Host Society: The Case of the Rajbanshis of North Bengal

Rup Kumar Barman

5. The Invasion of Kashmir: An Aberration in the Legacy of Harmony and Co-existence