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World History

irisblue

(34,575 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2022, 02:43 PM Jul 2022

Can someone recommend books on The Partition of India in 1947

I know next to nothing past wiki

Thanks

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Can someone recommend books on The Partition of India in 1947 (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2022 OP

Freedom at Midnight. Published in the 70s I think. Tomconroy Jul 2022 #1

Yes..one of the best books I have ever read Glorfindel Jul 2022 #2

Popular history at its best. Tomconroy Jul 2022 #3

I had a friend who described box cars of Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #4

book Caren021 Oct 2022 #5

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)

1. Freedom at Midnight. Published in the 70s I think.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 02:51 PM

Jul 2022

It is excellent.

The same guys wrote Is Paris Burning? about the liberation of Paris in WW2.
Both big best sellers in their day.

Glorfindel

(10,034 posts)

2. Yes..one of the best books I have ever read

Reply to Tomconroy (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 02:57 PM

Jul 2022

by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre. It reads like a best-selling novel, but it's historical fact.

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)

3. Popular history at its best.

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 03:02 PM

Jul 2022

Voltaire2

(15,077 posts)

4. I had a friend who described box cars of

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 03:15 PM

Jul 2022

corpses arriving from the slaughter in the transition zones.

Caren021

(6 posts)

5. book

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 05:00 PM

Oct 2022

I think there is a movie about it called "The Mountbatten Plan" or something. It is based on a book.

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