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by Dilip Hiro


  and nuclear program and weapons, 279, 285–289, 426

  and Singh, Manmohan, 365, 367

  and United States, 270, 273

  and Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 290, 291–292, 295–297, 313, 426–427

  and Zia ul Haq, Muhammad, 270

  as Prime Minister, 269, 365, 410

  biography and characters of, 269–270

  overthrown by a military coup, 306

  Nayala, 310

  Nayar, Kuldip, 187, 194, 254–256, 424

  Nazarbayev, Nur Sultan, 331

  Nazimuddin, Khwaja, 131, 141

  NDTV, 429, 344

  Nehru, Kamala, 59, 194

  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 38, 46, 47, 59, 62, 63, 66, 72, 94, 95, 100, 107, 127, 41, 149, 172, 176, 194, 416, 417

  and Abdullah, Shaikh Muhammad, 112, 116, 151, 176

  and Ali Khan, Liaquat, 132, 133, 138, 139–140

  and Ayub Khan, Muhammad, 154, 155–57, 166, 170–171, 176, 417–418

  and Bogra, Muhammad Ali, 149–151, 157

  and China, 157, 160–172, 418

  and communal violence and communalism, 63, 86, 87, 105, 106

  and Constitutional Award, 81, 416

  and Dalai Lama, 164

  and Eisenhower, Dwight, 144, 148

  and Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, 63, 87, 94–95, 127

  and Indian National Army, 76

  and Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, 65–66, 83, 131–132

  and Kashmir, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123–124, 142, 150–151, 143, 155–156, 173, 175, 176, 208, 342

  and Kennedy, John F., 167, 171, 173

  and Koran War (1950–1953), 145

  and Mao Zedong, 162, 418–419

  and nuclear program and weapons, 229

  and Princely States, 98

  and secularism, 106–107, 128, 416

  and Soviet Union, 124, 152, 171, 188

  and Truman, Harry, 136

  and United States, 85, 144–145, 171–172

  and Vande Matram (song), 65–66

  and Zhou Enlai, 169, 170, 418

  as President of Congress Party, 60, 80

  as Vice-President of Executive Council, 85

  biography and character of, 106, 112, 132, 151, 156, 161, 174, 177

  foreign policy of, 85, 144, 151, 166, 417

  on Government of India Act (1935), 59

  on Pakistan, 94, 125, 150–151, 155, 157

  on Two Nation theory, 69

  Nehru, Motilal, 38, 44, 47, 177

  Nehru Report, 44, 45, 54

  Nepal, 158, 163

  New Delhi, see Delhi

  New York, 273

  New York Times, 136, 204, 256, 271, 282, 324, 381

  New Yorker, 323, 331

  New Zealand, 18, 155, 41

  Newcastle (South Africa), 16

  Newsweek International, 379

  Niazi, Amir Abdullah Khan, 202, 207, 209–210, 214, 215, 217, 421

  Nimitz, Chester, 150

  9/11, 316, 323, 336, 338, 354, 420, 428

  Nishtar, Abdur Rab, 86, 95

  Nixon, Richard, 196, 202, 206, 207–208, 211, 215, 219, 221, 267, 293, 310

  No Higher Honors: A Memoir of My Years in Washington, 353

  Noakhali, 86

  Non-Aligned Movement summits, 244, 358, 364, 423

  Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 243, 251, 278, 284

  Nonproliferation Act (US), 236

  Noon, Firoz Khan, 147, 148

  Noor Jehan (movie), 396

  Nooran, 104

  Noorani, A. G., 160

  Noorani, Zain, 254

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 145–146, 379, 381, 384, 385, 388, 391

  North Korea and North Koreans, 136–137, 278

  North Waziristan, 118, 377, 378

  North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA), 158, 159

  North-East Frontier Tract, 158

  North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), 60, 61, 62, 96, 97, 118, 237, 269, 274, 369, 414

  Northern Alliance, 373, 374, 375

  Northern Areas (Kashmir), 133, 142, 227, 392

  Nuclear Club, 280

  Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (US), 284

  Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, 167

  Nusserwanjee, Jamshed, 45

  Obama, Barack, 3, 359, 367, 387

  Obermeyer, Ziad, 217

  Observer, 255, 424

  O’Dwyer, Sir Michael Francis, 24

  Omar, Mullah Muhammad, 316, 319, 338, 363, 372, 379, 380, 391

  One Day International (cricket matches), 400

  Operation Badr, 294, 295, 300, 301

  Operation Black Thunder, 252

  Operation Black Thunder II, 258

  Operation Black Tornado, 373

  Operation Blue Star, 248–249

  Operation Brasstacks, 253–254, 401, 424

  Operation Chanakaya, 275

  Operation Chengiz Khan, 209

  Operation Cyclone, 238

  Operation Desert Hawk, 252

  Operation Enduring Freedom, 373

  Operation Fair Play, 232, 422

  Operation Gibraltar, 179, 180, 182, 183, 420

  Operation Grand Slam, 179, 180, 183, 184

  Operation Gulmarg, 119, 120

  Operation Prakaram, 322

  Operation Searchlight, 199, 203

  Operation Shakti, 283

  Operation Shop, 249

  Operation Vijay, 295, 300

  Operation Woodrose, 249

  Orange Free State, 13

  Osirak Contingency (India), 243

  Osmani, Muhammad Abdullah Gani, 201

  Otacamund, 178

  Ottoman Empire, 11, 27, 30

  Ottoman Turkey, 7

  Outalha, Faiza, 348

  Outlook, 377

  Oxford, 54

  Padmanabhan, Sunderarajan, 322, 324, 325, 326, 334, 429

  Paghman, 237

  Pahwa, Madan Lal, 126

  Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza, 145, 238, 371

  Pakeezah (movie), 223, 224

  Pakistan (book), 115

  Pakistan and Pakistanis, 2, 3, 4, 52, 57, 78, 96, 97, 249, 288, 395

  and Abdullah, Shaikh Muhammad, 153, 176, 359

  and Afghanistan, 238, 370–371, 372, 374, 375–376, 377, 378, 380–381, 384, 386–387, 389, 390, 416, 422

  and Bangladesh, 226, 227

  and Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), 145–146, 149, 417

  and China, 138, 147–148, 157, 170, 173, 195, 197, 201, 205, 206, 230, 231, 241, 243, 244, 296, 312, 411–412, 422, 427

  and Clinton, Bill, 289, 290, 311, 312

  and Gandhi, Indira, 241–242, 244, 235, 246

  and Gandhi, Mohandas, 125

  and Gandhi, Rajiv, 254, 255, 258, 261, 288

  and India, 125, 126, 127, 128, 204, 206, 207, 240, 243, 246, 251, 254, 271, 274–275, 285, 287, 308, 310, 312, 319, 321–322, 323, 326, 328, 331, 332, 333, 336, 358, 367

  and Islam, 128, 147, 201, 227, 232, 235

  and Karzai, Hamid, 376, 381, 383, 388, 390, 391

  and Kashmir, 279, 416. See also Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

  and Khalistan movement, 248, 257, 258

  and Mumbai 2008 Terrorist Attack, 352–354

  and Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement (1954), 144

  and South-East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), 145, 152, 185, 187, 370, 417

  and Soviet Union, 132, 190, 191, 192, 193, 241

  and Taliban, 274, 303, 317, 322, 337, 372, 373, 379, 380, 381

  and United Nations, 125, 152–153, 287

  and United States, 110, 128, 137, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 153–154, 157, 179, 185, 187, 1
96, 204, 222, 237, 241, 243, 244, 246, 251, 253, 270, 272, 278, 287, 307, 309, 310, 311, 316–318, 326, 332, 336, 363, 373, 376, 380, 387, 407, 417, 422, 426

  birth of Pakistan, 102–103

  broadcasting media in, 301, 335, 399

  constitutions of, 227, 269

  economy of, 10, 289, 290, 300, 318, 405, 407, 426

  Hindus in, 140, 201, 227, 273, 421

  military and its doctrine, 143–144, 145–146, 190, 226, 230, 306, 337, 340, 355–356, 371, 378–379, 383–384, 389, 418

  nuclear doctrine of, 329, 330–331

  nuclear program and weapons of, 140, 222, 230, 236, 241, 244, 245, 251, 285–289, 291–292, 293, 297, 299, 325, 331, 337, 341, 356, 413, 422–23, 425, 427, 431

  origins of terrorist attacks in, 258, 266, 299, 311, 312, 321–322, 337, 358, 367

  victim of terrorist attacks, 256, 258, 259

  Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, see Azad Kashmir, Baltistan, and Northern Areas (Kashmir)

  Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 222, 285–286, 288, 413

  Pakistan Communist Party, 223

  Pakistan Constituent Assembly (1947), 101, 103

  Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), 400, 404, 405

  Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), 335

  Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), 196, 198, 222, 226, 232, 233, 234, 235, 246, 262, 264–265, 273, 292, 336, 345, 347, 410, 422

  Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz Sharif (PML-N), 269, 278, 336, 345, 365, 410

  Pakistan Muslim League–Quaid-i-Azam (PML-Q), 336, 345

  Pakistan National Alliance (PNA), 231, 232, 234

  Pakistan Times, 109, 116

  Pakistan-US Cooperation Agreement, 153–154, 185

  Pakistani Taliban, 387, 404

  Pakka Anna, 108

  Pan Tsue-li, 164

  Panchgani, 85

  Panchsheel, 161, 163

  Pandit, Vijay Lakshmi, 124, 136

  Panjshir Valley, 376

  Panjwar, Paramjit Singh, 257

  Panmunjom, 1

  Pannikar, K. M., 137

  Parasuram, R. P., 89

  Parikh, Narhari, 89

  Paris, 30, 267

  Parsis, 11

  Partition Council, 96, 129

  Parvaiz, Athar, 3

  Pasha, Ahmed Shuja, 351–352, 386

  Pashban-e Ahl-e Hadith, 337

  Pashtunistan, 369, 371

  Patel, Vallabhbhai, 60–61, 62, 66, 77, 84, 89, 95, 96, 120, 121, 125, 127, 414, 416

  Pathankot, 116

  Patiala, 100

  Patil, Shivraj, 350

  Patna, 86

  Patterson, Anne, 353

  Pearl Harbor, 69

  Peer, Basharat, 276

  Pentagram rock band, 301

  People’s Democratic Alliance, 269

  People’s Democratic Party, 333–334

  People’s Republic of China (PRC), see China

  Permanent Settlement Act (1793), 19

  Persian (language), 5, 7, 239, 414

  Persian Gulf, 227

  Peshawar, 112, 148, 187, 188, 237, 303

  Pethick-Lawrence, Lord, 79, 81

  Petit, Sir Dinshaw, 18

  Petit, Rattanbai (Ruttie), 18, 23–24. See also Jinnah, Maryam

  Philadelphia Inquirer, 258

  Philippines, 370

  Phoenix Settlement, 14, 15

  Pietermaritzburg, 13

  Pillai, Gopal Krishna, 360

  Pirbhoy, Adamjee, 6

  Plebiscite Front, 153, 181, 228

  Pokhran, 228, 229, 282, 283, 286, 289, 425, 426

  Poland, 67

  Poonch, 118, 122, 294, 408

  Poonch-Mirpur area, 114, 114, 117

  Poonch-Uri, 191

  Poonja, Jinnahbhai, 9

  Poonja, Mithi Bai, 9, 69

  Popalzai tribe, 373, 374

  Porbandar, 12, 349

  Powell, Colin, 324, 325, 326, 333

  Praagh, David van, 189

  Prasad, Rajendra, 96, 106, 141, 143, 416

  Pressler, Larry, 245

  Pressler Amendment (US), 246, 278

  Pretoria, 16

  Princely States, 51, 53, 59, 79, 87, 98

  Pugwash Conference on Jammu and Kashmir, 343

  Punjab

  Colonial India, 55, 88, 95–96, 97, 395

  communal holocaust in, 101–102, 104–105, 416

  Independent India, 242, 247–248, 252, 256, 274

  population exchange in, 107–108, 109

  Pakistan, 274

  Pushtu (language), 239

  Putin, Vladimir, 331

  Puzanov, Alexander, 237

  Qadeer Khan, Abdul, 230–231, 244, 245, 254–255, 256, 288, 423, 424

  Qazi, Ashraf Jahangir, 314

  Qazi, Javed Ashraf, 356

  Quetta, 97, 130, 303, 374, 376

  Quit India campaign (1942), 71, 77

  Quit Kashmir campaign (1946), 113

  Quran, 42, 346

  Qureshi, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood, 352, 353, 356, 360, 361

  Qureshi, Pervez Mahdi, 291, 294, 295

  Qureshi, Shuaib, 44

  Qushila, Jadid, 376

  Rabbani, Burhanuddin, 374, 388

  Radcliffe, Sir Cyril, 99, 100

  Radhakrishnan, Servpalli, 143

  Rafiuddin, Maulavi, 10

  Raghavan, N., 160–161

  Raghunath, Krishnan, 290

  Ragi, Darshan Singh, 256

  Rahman, Fazlur, 274

  Rahman, Hamdoon, 222

  Rahman, Shaikh Mujibur, 196, 198, 199, 201, 215, 216, 222, 227

  Rahman Khan, Abdur, 241, 244, 259, 262

  Raj, Prithvi, 4, 413

  Raja, Rameez, 402

  Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti, 70–71, 72, 84

  Rajaratnam, Thenmozhi, 271

  Rajasthan, 253, 254, 256

  Rajkot, 12

  Ram, Chhotu, 64

  Ram Raj, 43, 53

  Rama, Lord (Hindu god-king), 16, 43, 272, 281, 382

  Rama Janam Bhoomi Mandir, 281

  Ramadan (month), 109, 337, 342

  Raman, Bahukutumbi, 236

  Raman, Venkat, 193

  Ramanna, Raja, 243, 244, 423

  Ramayana, 33

  Ramganj, 86

  Rampur, 27

  Rangoon, 70

  Rann of Kutch, 178

  Rao, Nirupama, 359, 361

  Rao, Pamulapartu Venkata Narasimha, see Narasimha Rao, Pamulapartu Venkata

  Rao, V. Venkateswara, 381

  Raphel, Arnold, 259

  Rashid, Ahmed, 376

  Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), 88, 126, 127, 280–281, 284

  Rattam, 107, 108

  Ravi River, 98, 116, 154

  Rawalakot, 408

  Rawalpindi, 92, 140, 170, 187, 209, 259, 317, 338, 368

  Reading, Lord, 35, 38, 46

  Reagan, Ronald, 240–241, 243, 244, 246, 253, 254, 263, 422

  Rees, Thomas Pete, 100

  Rehman, Atiq, 368

  Reliance World Cup (cricket), 255

  Report of the Committee Appointed by the Government of India to Investigate the Disturbances in the Punjab etc., 30, 32

  Republic of China (Taiwan), 168, 200

  Republican Party (Pakistan), 147, 148

  Research and Analysis Milli Afghanistan (RAMA), 382

  Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), 197, 206, 399

  and Afghanistan, 372–373, 376, 377

  and assassination of Zia ul Haq, Muhammad, 262

  and Awami League, 198

  and Counter Intelligence Team–J (CIT–J), 252, 274, 279 />
  and Counter Intelligence Team–X (CIT–X), 252, 256, 274, 279

  and East Pakistan, 198, 201

  and Indian Kashmir, 275

  and Inter-Services Intelligence, 244, 257, 275

  and KHAD, 242

  and Mossad, 197, 244

  and Pakistan, 236, 245, 266, 275–275

  and Kargil War, 296

  and Shin Beth, 250

  and Sikh militancy, 266

  Rice, Condoleezza, 325, 351, 352–354

  Riedel, Bruce, 298, 300

  Rodham, Dorothy, 310

  Rome, 218

  Roosevelt, Franklin, D., 69

  Rose, Leo E., 216

  Roshan, Hrithik, 302

  Round Table Conferences (London), 50, 51, 53

  Rowlatt, Sidney, 24

  Rowlatt Act, 24, 27, 28

  Royal Indian Navy mutiny (1946), 76, 77

  Ruskin, John, 4

  Russia, 372

  Sadiq, Ghulam Muhammad, 116, 175, 177

  Saeed, Hafiz Muhammad, 321, 355, 357, 359, 360, 361, 363

  Sahai, Jagan Nath, 193, 194

  Sahara India, 402

  Sahara TV, 301

  Sahgal, Prem, 75

  Sajjad, Wasim, 273

  Saleh, Amrullah, 386

  Salim (Prince), 397

  Salt March, 46–49, 50

  Samadzai, Vida, 293

  Sanatan Dharm Sabha, 41

  Sandys, Duncan, 173

  Sanjivpaul, Subodh, 386

  Sarabhai, Ambalal, 21–22

  Sargodha Air Force Base, 298, 428

  Sarkar, Sujeet, 394

  Sarvar Upazila, 227

  Sathyu, Mysore Shrinivas, 219, 220

  Sattar, Abdul, 253

  Saudi Arabia, 227, 239, 275, 289, 365

  Savage, Gerald, 100

  Sayed, Mushahid Hussain, see Hussain, Mushahid

  Sayeed, Mufti, 339

  Schmitt, Eric, 381

  Scott, H. L., 113

  Se-La Pass, 159, 160, 171

  Seoul, 1

  Serwani, Muhammad Arif, 375, 379

  Sethi, Najam, 405

  Shaam, Mahmood, 185

  Shah, A. K., 117

  Shah, Sir Sultan Muhammad, 6, 56

  Shah, Zarrar, 355

  Shahi, Agha, 236

  Shaikh, Ahmed Umar, 308

  Shamsuddin, Khwaja, 175

  Shanghai Cooperation Organization, 358

  Sharif, Muhammad, 304

  Sharif, Shahbaz, 304, 407, 409

  Sharjah, 401

  Sharma, Anand, 409, 410, 411

  Sharm-el-Shaikh, 358

  Sharon, Ariel, 243, 245, 423

  Shashank, 340

  Shastri, Lal Bahadur, 176

  and Ayub Khan, Muhammad, 179, 194

  and China, 188

 

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