Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015].
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015].
Physical Desc
xxii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-311) and index.
Description
Describes how a cycle of rioting and violence leading up to the partition of India and birth of Pakistan resulted in brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing on both sides of the border, creating a divide between India and Pakistan that persists decades later.