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Partitioned lives : migrants, refugees, citizens in India and Pakistan, 1947-65 /

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The processes of establishing new national orders in the aftermath of the Partition entailed that minorities - Hindus in Pakistan and Muslims in India - had to re-negotiate their identities as rightful citizens. This book focuses on the partition of Bengal, its effects on minorities, and the subsequ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roy, Haimanti
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Bengal (India) > History > Partition, 1947.
Hindus > Bangladesh.
Muslims > India.
Bangladesh > Ethnic relations.
India > Ethnic relations.
Hindous > Bangladesh.
Musulmans > Inde.
Ethnic relations
Hindus
Muslims
Bangladesh
India
India > Bengal
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
South Asia.
1947
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Partitioned Histories, Divided Identities.
  • Part I: Territories. Drafting a New Nation ; Limits of the Nation.
  • Part II: Citizens. Home and Hearth ; Citizens of the Nation.
  • Part III: Identities. The Routine of Violence ; Refugees and the Indian State.