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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hajari, Nisid.     Subjects     Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948.     Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.     India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.     Nationalism -- India -- History.     Nationalism -- Pakistan -- History.     India -- History -- Partition, 1947.     Pakistan -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hajari, Nisid.       by title:      Midnight's furies : ...       by call number:      954.042 H154m     Search the Web     Hajari, Nisid.     Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948.     Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.     India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.     Nationalism -- India -- History.     Nationalism -- Pakistan -- History.     India -- History -- Partition, 1947.     Pakistan -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition / Nisid Hajari. by Hajari, Nisid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Call #: 954.042 H154m Subjects Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948.   Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.   India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.   Nationalism -- India -- History.   Nationalism -- Pakistan -- History.   India -- History -- Partition, 1947.   Pakistan -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780547669212 (hc.) 0547669216 (hc.) Description:  xxii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-311) and index. Contents:  A train to Pakistan -- Fury -- Jinnah and Jawaharlal -- Madhouse -- "Pakistan Murdabad!" -- Indian summer -- Off the rails -- "Stop this madness" -- Ad hoc jihad -- Himalayan quagmire -- The last battle -- Deadly legacy. Summary:  "Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody -- it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries. Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's protégé and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people. Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots -- targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs -- spiraled out of control. As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. Hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, searing a divide between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils. From global jihadism to nuclear terrorism, today's most menacing security threats trace their roots to these few chaotic months"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 954.042 H154m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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