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The Punjab bloodied, partitioned and cleansed : unravelling the 1947 tragedy through secret British reports and first-person accounts / Ishtiaq Ahmed.
Van Pelt Library DS485.P87 A37 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahmed, Ishtiaq, 1947- author.
- Series:
- Platinum series (Oxford University Press)
- The platinum series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Punjab (India)--History--Partition, 1947--Sources.
- Punjab (India).
- India--History--Partition, 1947--Sources.
- India.
- India--Politics and government--1919-1947--Sources.
- Politics and government.
- India--Punjab.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- lvi, 610 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- 1. Theory of Ethnic Cleansing
- 2. Pre-Colonial and Colonial Punjab
- 3. Genesis of the Punjab Partition 1900-1944
- STAGE I PUNJAB BLOODIED, JANUARY 1945-31 MARCH 1947
- Introduction
- 4. Punjab Elections and Coalition Government, 1945-1946
- 5. Direct Action, 24 January-26 February 1947
- 6. March Riots: Lahore
- 7. March Riots: Amritsar and Jullundur
- 8. March Riots: Multan
- 9. March Riots: Rawalpindi and Adjoining Rural Areas
- STAGE II END GAME UNFOLDS, 24 MARCH 1947-14 AUGUST 1947
- 10. British Policy in the Punjab, 24 March-30 June 1947
- 11. Battle for Lahore and Amritsar, 1 April-30 June 1947
- 12. Partition Machinery and Proceedings, 1 July-14 August 1947
- 13. Punjab Disintegrates, 1 July-14 August 1947
- STAGE III ETHNIC CLEANSING: 15 AUGUST-31 DECEMBER 1947
- Exodus from West Punjab
- 14. Lahore Division
- 15. Rawalpindi Division
- 16. Multan Division and Bahawalpur State
- Exodus from East Punjab and the Princely States
- 17. Amritsar and the Three Tahsils of Gurdaspur
- 18. Jullundur Division
- 19. Ambala Division and Delhi
- 20. Eastern Punjab Princely States
- 21. Analysis and Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199406596
- 9780199406593
- OCLC:
- 1022714855
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