THE PUNJAB BLOODIED, PARTITIONED AND CLEANSED

Category History
Format PB
Imprint Rupa
Price 1450

ISBN: 978-9355205780
Pages: 831 pages
Date: 21 September 2022

ABOUT THIS BOOK

‘[…] The great many in Pakistan and India who wish to preserve a society where freedoms are mutually respected should […] be all the more thankful for Ishtiaq Ahmed’s landmark study.’
—Rajmohan Gandhi in IIC Quarterly
A path-breaking account of Partition, The Punjab chronicles how East and West Punjab were emptied of unwanted minorities in 1947. This volume accesses secret British reports to shed new light on events and narrates poignant accounts by eyewitnesses, survivors—even participants—of the carnage from both sides of the border. These exclusive narratives present the events of Partition through the eyes of those who were a part of it and the effect it had—and still has—on their lives.
One of the most comprehensive accounts of a tragic watershed of Indian history, The Punjab authoritatively demonstrates how little religious differences matter to peaceful coexistence, until inflamed by divisive force

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Born in Lahore on 24 February 1947, Ishtiaq Ahmed holds a PhD in political science from Stockholm University. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stockholm University, and Honorary Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He was Visiting Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences during 2013–15 and at Government College University Lahore during 2015–19.
The Punjab: Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed won the Best Non-Fiction Book Award at the Karachi Literature Festival, 2013, and at the Lahore Literary Festival, 2013. It won the Best Book on Punjab Award at the Baisakhi Festival, Lahore, in 2016.
His book Jinnah: His Successes, Failures and Role in History won the Best English Non-Fiction Book Award at the Valley of Words Literary Festival, Dehradun, 2021.
His latest book is Undivided Punjab’s Contribution to Indian Cinema, published in 2022.
His research interests cover diverse fields such as political Islam, ethnicity and nationalism, human and minority rights, Partition studies and pre-Partition Punjab’s contribution to Indian cinema.