Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition

352 Pages·2015·2.86 MB·english

by  Nisid Hajari

Contents
Title Page
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Maps
A Train to Pakistan
Fury
Jinnah and Jawaharlal
Madhouse
“Pakistan Murdabad!”
Indian Summer
Photos
Off the Rails
“Stop This Madness”
Ad Hoc Jihad
Himalayan Quagmire
The Last Battle
Deadly Legacy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Photo Credits
Index
About the Author
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Hajari, Nisid, author.
Midnight’s furies : the deadly legacy of India’s partition / Nisid Hajari.
pages ; cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-547-66921-2 (hardcover)—ISBN 978-0-547-66924-3 (ebook)
1. India—History—Partition, 1947. 2. India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947–1949. 3. Pakistan—History—
20th century. 4. Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876–1948. 5. Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889–1964. I. Title.
DS480.842.H35 2015
954.04'2—dc23
2014034426

Maps by Glen Pawelski/Mapmaking Specialists, Ltd.

Jacket design by Martha Kennedy
Jacket photograph: Police disperse riots in Calcutta, 1946, © Universal Images Group/SuperStock

v1.0615
For my parents

India Before Partition
Pakistan After Independence
Post-Partition: The Zone of Conflict
PROLOGUE