Political Inheritance of Pakistan

Based on papers originally presented at a conference in Churchill College, Cambridge, this book discusses the pre-independence history of those areas of the South Asian sub-continent that territorially became the Pakistan of 1947. Titles in the series include "South Africa: A Modern History".

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Provincial histories and the history of Pakistan, D.A.Low; the Punjab and the retardation of nationalism, Imran Ali; the Punjabi chieftians and the transition from Sikh to British rule, Andrew J.Manor; the unionist party and Punjabi politics, 1937-1947, Ian Talbot; "divine displeasure" and Muslim elections - the shaping of community in the 20th century Punjab, David Gilmartin; a doubtful inheritance - the partition of Bengal in 1947, Tazeen M.Murchid; political legacies of pre-1947 Sind, Sarah Ansari; the frontier province - Khudai Kidmatgars and the Muslim League, Erland Jannson; the Abdullah factor - Kashmiri Muslims and the crisis of 1947, Ian Copland; the rural roots of Pakistani militarism, Clive Dewey.