The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-1947 (Oxford University South Asian Studies Series) - Hardcover

Singh, Anita Inder

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9780195619553: The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-1947 (Oxford University South Asian Studies Series)

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Britain's transfer of power to India and Pakistan in August of 1947 was a cataclysmic event in modern history. Anita Inder Singh shows that although long-term strategic interests of Britain were against partition, short-term tactics encouraged this major act of decolonization.

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Anita Inder Singh, Visiting Member, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs at Stockholm.

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ISBN 10:  0195625412 ISBN 13:  9780195625417
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990
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