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The Partition of India
Manage episode 231525888 series 2498782
The independence of India was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it soon descended into unimaginable violence and suffering based on attempted religious purification.
Main sources/further reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/india-pakistan-partition-imperial-britain.html
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/the-road-to-partition/
The Great Partition: the making of India and Pakistan - Yasmin Khan
Remembering Partition: violence, nationalism and history in India - Gyanendra Pandey Partition - Barney White-Spunner
India & Pakistan – Ian Talbot
India’s Partition – Mushirul Hasan
Facts are facts: The untold story of India’s Partition – Wali Khan
11 episodes
Manage episode 231525888 series 2498782
The independence of India was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it soon descended into unimaginable violence and suffering based on attempted religious purification.
Main sources/further reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/india-pakistan-partition-imperial-britain.html
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/the-road-to-partition/
The Great Partition: the making of India and Pakistan - Yasmin Khan
Remembering Partition: violence, nationalism and history in India - Gyanendra Pandey Partition - Barney White-Spunner
India & Pakistan – Ian Talbot
India’s Partition – Mushirul Hasan
Facts are facts: The untold story of India’s Partition – Wali Khan
11 episodes
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