Changing Homelands - Hindu Politics and the Partition of India

Zusammenfassung Neeti Nair’s account of the partition in the Punjab rejects the idea that essential differences between the Hindu and Muslim communities made political settlement impossible. Far from being an inevitable solution, partition—though advocated by some powerful Hindus—was a stunning surprise to the majority of Hindus in the region.

Product details

• Authors: Neeti Nair
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674057791
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05779-1
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General