The Partition of the Indian Subcontinent (1947) and Beyond

Chhanda Chatterjee, Professor of History, Visva Bharati University, India.

List of contributors

Preface

Introduction

1. Lyrics of Loss and Laments: Anecdotal History of Assam Partition and its afterlife

Binayak Dutta

2. ‘Cartography of Self-assertion’: Superimposed boundary and local response in the India Myanmar Borderlands

Pum Khan Pau

3. Off shoots of Partition: The Rise of Adverse Possessions in India

Sajal Nag

4. The Partition of Bengal and Struggle for Existence of the Host Society: The Case of the Rajbanshis of North Bengal

Rup Kumar Barman

5. The Invasion of Kashmir: An Aberration in the Legacy of Harmony and Co-existence

Raghuvendra Tanwar

6. Matdaan: An Anecdotal History of the Junagadh Referendum in times of Subcontinental Partitions

Nandini Bhattacharya

7. Muslms Against Partition: A Case Study of Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew

Amandeep Bal

8. Economic Consequences of the Partition: The Greater Punjab Region

Sukhdev Singh Sohal

9. Redoing the Partition: The Bangladesh Liberation War and the People of Two Bengals

Anuradha Ray

Index