Among the few great statesmen to emerge in Asia, Jawaharal Nehru achieved a national
metamorphosis in some ways even more astonishing than that of another towering patriarch …

This book offers a comprehensive study of the dynamics of civil-military relations in Pakistan.
It asks how and why the Pakistan military has acquired such a salience in the polity and how …

This book draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically
reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath. It uses a comparative approach by …

Page 1 DIVIDE AND QUIT By PENDEREL MOON A vivid, first-hand account- containing
hitherto unpublished material- of the disorders that accompanied the ending of British rule in …

Under what conditions are some developing countries able to create stable democracies
while others have slid into instability and authoritarianism? To address this classic question …

228 Revista Brasileira de História, vol. 36, no 71• pp. 227-229 about the human
consequences of his demand for Pakistan. On the same page, the reader is told that …

After partition, minorities in South Asia emerged as a distinct legal category of citizens who
were not fully protected by the states within which they lived. The power of South Asia's …

Updated to cover events between 1986 and 1992, including the destruction of the mosque at
Ayodhya in December 1992, the book analyses the secessionist crisis in Punjab which led …

THE ADVENT OF INDEPENDENCE ON 15 AUGUST 1947 simultaneously saw the division
of the Indian sub-continent into two new states. The exhilaration and excitement heralding …

In this groundbreaking book, Raghavan uses previously untapped archival sources to
weave together new stories about the experiences of post-partition state-making in South …