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More Than Jinnah nbsp; nbsp; In this season of historical appraisals, cast your eye beyond MA Jinnah towards others who impacted the ...
June 26, 2005 12:00 AM IST
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In this season of historical appraisals, cast your eye beyond MA Jinnah towards others who impacted the shape independence took in the subcontinent. |
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| Sunil Khilnani8217;s much awaited book on Jawaharlal Nehru is reportedly still many months away. In the meanwhile, to walk through the life and times of the man who made modern India, Judith Brown8217;s rather sternly written work will do. Brown is said to have had rare access to Nehru8217;s private papers. Her special skill lies in tracking the Nehru effect on various aspects of Indian government and policies. Nehru: A Political Life By Judith Brown
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| Penderel Moon, in his insightful memoir of the last days of empire in northwest India, Divide and Quit, lamented that Sikandar Hayat Khan8217;s death in 1942 took away the one leader who could have held Punjab together and averted Partition. It is not just in that context that Ian Talbot8217;s biography of the man who succeeded him to head the Punjab government is so important. In covering Khizr Tiwana8217;s five-year reign and the socio-political composition of the Unionist Party, it recaps those last eventful days in undivided Punjab. Khizr Tiwana: The Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India By Ian Talbot |
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| In this storm over Jinnah8217;s secular intentions, it has been pointed out that Indians and Pakistanis are sometimes so busy apportioning blame amongst each other that the British officials who oversaw the handover of power get away light. This official biography is predictably wary of holding the last viceroy to task for hastening independence and pushing India and Pakistan to chaotic transfer of population, but it is still the best overview of a life that in so many ways influenced the contours of post-8217;47 South Asia. Mountbatten By Philip Ziegler |
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