Partitioned Lives: Migrants, Refugees, Citizens in India and Pakistan, 1947-1965

by Haimanti Roy

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 subsequent reordering of national identities in India and East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh). Divided in three thematic sections, it examines issues of territoriality,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198081774
• ISBN13: 9780198081777
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"