A Tale of Two Cities: The Aftermath of Partition for Lahore and Amritsar 1947-1957
The cities of Lahore Pakistan and Amaritsar India suffered widespread destruction and demographic transformation in the wake of armed invasion and the later partition in 1951. Ten million Punjabis were uprooted. In all, around 13 million people were displaced by partition. Talbot examines the impact of partition on the cities and their inhabitants during the post-partition decade of 1947-1957
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English
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/abs/tale-of-two-cities-the-aftermath-of-partition-for-lahore-and-amritsar-19471957/75D1667BFB03A63CAD4D19FCD037DC29
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Modern Asian Studies