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Political Inheritance of Pakistan

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. D. A. Low

    1. History of the British Commonwealth, University of Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: Cambridge Commonwealth Series (CAMCOM)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Provincial Histories and the History of Pakistan

    • D. A. Low
    Pages 1-28

  3. The Punjab and the Retardation of Nationalism

    • Imran Ali
    Pages 29-52

  4. The Punjabi Chieftains and the Transition from Sikh to British Rule

    • Andrew J. Major
    Pages 53-85

  5. The Unionist Party and Punjabi Politics, 1937–1947

    • Ian Talbot
    Pages 86-105

  6. ‘Divine Displeasure’ and Muslim Elections: The Shaping of Community in Twentieth-Century Punjab

    • David Gilmartin
    Pages 106-129

  7. A Doubtful Inheritance: The Partition of Bengal in 1947

    • Sugata Bose
    Pages 130-143

  8. A House Divided: The Muslim Intelligentsia of Bengal

    • Tazeen M. Murshid
    Pages 144-172

  9. Political Legacies of Pre-1947 Sind

    • Sarah Ansari
    Pages 173-193

  10. The Frontier Province: Khudai Khidmatgars and The Muslim League

    • Erland Jansson
    Pages 194-217

  11. The Abdullah Factor: Kashmiri Muslims and the Crisis of 1947

    • Ian Copland
    Pages 218-254

  12. The Rural Roots of Pakistani Militarism

    • Clive Dewey
    Pages 255-283

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 284-292
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Based on papers originally presented at a conference in Churchill College, Cambridge, this book discusses the pre-independence history of those areas of the South Asian sub-continent that territorially became the Pakistan of 1947. Titles in the series include "South Africa: A Modern History".

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  • History of the British Commonwealth, University of Cambridge, UK

    D. A. Low

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