The Break-Up Of British India
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At the heart of one of the most dramatic political upheavals of the twentieth century stands a question that still reverberates today: how did the vast, unified subcontinent of British India fracture into independent nations almost overnight? The Break-up of British India by B. N. Pandey chronicles the complex forces — nationalist movements, communal tensions, imperial policy, and the ambitions of towering figures like Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah — that converged to end over two centuries of British rule and give birth to the independent states of India and Pakistan in 1947. Drawing on a rich command of political and social history, Pandey presents a meticulous and authoritative account of the final decades of the Raj, tracing the fault lines of religion, identity, and power that ultimately made partition inevitable. Part of the prestigious The Making of the 20th Century series, this work situates the Indian independence movement within the broader currents of global decolonisation, arguing that the break-up was not merely a regional event but a defining moment in world history. Pandey's measured, academic prose cuts through mythology to illuminate the hard political calculations and human tragedies behind the transfer of power — leaving the reader to wonder whether, under different circumstances, the subcontinent's fate could ever have been otherwise.
Author: B N Pandey
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of one of the most dramatic political upheavals of the twentieth century stands a question that still reverberates today: how did the vast, unified subcontinent of British India fracture into independent nations almost overnight? The Break-up of British India by B. N. Pandey chronicles the complex forces — nationalist movements, communal tensions, imperial policy, and the ambitions of towering figures like Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah — that converged to end over two centuries of British rule and give birth to the independent states of India and Pakistan in 1947. Drawing on a rich command of political and social history, Pandey presents a meticulous and authoritative account of the final decades of the Raj, tracing the fault lines of religion, identity, and power that ultimately made partition inevitable. Part of the prestigious The Making of the 20th Century series, this work situates the Indian independence movement within the broader currents of global decolonisation, arguing that the break-up was not merely a regional event but a defining moment in world history. Pandey's measured, academic prose cuts through mythology to illuminate the hard political calculations and human tragedies behind the transfer of power — leaving the reader to wonder whether, under different circumstances, the subcontinent's fate could ever have been otherwise.