Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India - The Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India

Informationen zum Autor Talbot, Ian Klappentext This work is the first biography of Khizr Tiwana, the Unionist Premier of the Punjab during the climacteric period 1942-1947. The Punjab formed the heartland of a future Pakistan State, and for this reason the subcontinent's destiny rested on the clash between Khizr and Jinnah, the Muslim League leader, over the issue of the region's unity versus Muslim separatism. The Pakistan demand eventually triumphed, although Unionist rule survived until shortly before the traumatic upheavals of the August 1947 Partition. Pakistan's creation consigned Khizr's career to the dustbin of history. Mounting communal and ethnic conflict in contemporary India and Pakistan provides, however, a timely basis for its re-examination. Khizr's attachment to the ideals of cross communal political cooperation and decentralization of power are likely to become of increasing interest in a critical reappraisal of the partition era. Zusammenfassung This work is the first biography of Khizr Tiwana, the Unionist Premier of the Punjab during the climacteric period 1942-1947. Khizr's attachment to the ideals of cross-communal political cooperation and decentralisation of power are likely to become of increasing interest in a critical reappraisal of the Partition era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part 1 Inheritance; Chapter 1 The Tiwanas of Shahpur; Chapter 2 Father and Son; Chapter 3 The Unionist Party; Part 2 The Pinnacle of Power; Chapter 4 Apprentice to Power; Chapter 5 Inheriting the Crown; Chapter 6 Leader in War and Peace; Part 3 The Passing of a World; Chapter 7 Sailing in Two Boats; Chapter 8 ‘Pakistan Zindabad’; Chapter 9 General Without An Army; Epilogue; Conclusion;

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• Authors: Ian Talbot, Talbot Ian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.1996
• EAN: 9780700704279
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-0427-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Pakistan, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), National liberation and independence, HISTORY / Asia / South / India