1947 Partition

15th August 1947: India after Partition is declared Independent of British Rule

Publisher/Sponsor: 
Maps of India
www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/15th-august-1947-india-after-partition-is-declared-independent-of-british-rule

Maps of India offers a summary of events that describe the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.

The Process of Partition, 1947

Author(s): 
Dr. Frances W. Pritchett
Publisher/Sponsor: 
Columbia University
www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/modern/maps1947/maps1947.html

A map index of how India transformed from princely states and British colonial rule to india now post-partition.

Citizenship and Its Discontents: An Indian History

Niraja Gopal Jayal
Harvard University Press
2013

Mountbatten and Independent India

Larry Collins
Dominique Lapierre
Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd
1994

Train to India: Memories of Another Bengal

Dhar
Maloy Krishna
Penguin Books India
2009

Partition in the Classroom: Appendix

Publisher/Sponsor: 
The University of Texas at Austin
www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/partition_in_classroom_appendix.pdf

An appendix of resources on Partition from The University of Texas at Austin's South Asia department.

Borders and Boundaries: How Women Experienced the Partition of India

Ritu Menon
Rutgers University Press
1998

Prejudice and Pride: School Histories of the Freedom Struggle in India and Pakistan

Krishna Kumar
Penguin Books India
2002

Fasadat ke Afsane

Zubair Razvi
Rajkamal Prakashan
2009

Partition: The Long Shadow

Urvashi Butalia (editor)
Zubaan/Penguin
2015

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