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The Punjab bloodied, partitioned and cleansed : unravelling the 1947 tragedy through secret British reports and first-person accounts / Ishtiaq Ahmed

Publication | Library Call Number: DS485.P87 A37 2017
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Series
The platinum series
Platinum series (Oxford University Press)
Format
Book
Author/Creator
Ahmed, Ishtiaq, 1947- author.
Published
Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press, 2017
Includes bibliographical references and index
Locale
Punjab (India)
India
Language
English
Edition
Second edition
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Physical Description
lvi, 610 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
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
Introduction
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
Introduction
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.
ISBN
0199406596
9780199406593
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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