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by Dilip Hiro

and Kashmir, 182, 184, 190, 215

  and Kosygin, Alexei, 191

  and Operation Desert Hawk, 179

  and nuclear program and weapons, 184, 229

  and Soviet Union, 187, 188, 190–192

  as Prime Minister, 176

  death of, 192, 193–194

  biography and character of, 177, 182

  Shatra, Lonchen, 159

  Shaw, George Bernard, 13

  Shawai Nullah, 355

  Shekhar, Chandra, 270

  Shergill, Karan, 302

  Sherman, Wendy, 363

  Shias, 275

  Shimla, 223, 314, 373

  Shimla Agreement, 225, 226, 228, 276, 314, 421–422

  Shin Beth, 250

  Shradhanad, Swami, 29

  Shukla, Pandit Raj Kumar, 18, 19

  Siachen Glacier, 2, 251, 257, 266, 279, 295, 340, 361, 362, 425

  Sialkot, 184, 254, 401

  Sikhs, 53, 55, 91–92, 99–100, 111–112, 242, 247–250, 251–252, 254, 257–258, 266, 274, 395, 425

  Simla Convention (1913), 159

  Simon, John, 43, 44

  Simon Commission, 44

  Sindh, 78, 87–88, 97, 102, 109, 246–247, 269, 273, 275, 395–396

  Sindh Assembly Coalition Party, 48

  Sindhi (language), 247

  Singapore, 70, 407

  Singh, Sir Amar, 111

  Singh, Baldev, 85, 87, 95, 96, 121

  Singh, Beant, 249

  Singh, Beant (Chief Minister), 274

  Singh, Bhagat, 46

  Singh, Bikram, 365

  Singh, Bishan, 135

  Singh, Dilbagh, 243

  Singh, Gobind, 92

  Singh, Gulab, 113

  Singh, Gurbaksh, 186

  Singh, Gurbaksh Dhillon, 75

  Singh, Harbakhsh, 184

  Singh, Sir Hari, 110, 111–112, 119–120, 121, 142, 416

  Singh, Janak, 114, 117

  Singh, Jaswant, 10, 62, 293, 308, 314, 324, 329, 331, 374

  Singh, Juggat, 104

  Singh, Karan, 142, 143

  Singh, Khushwant, 104, 249

  Singh, Krishna, 96

  Singh, Kunwar Natwar, 341

  Singh, Mangal, 44

  Singh, Manmohan, 340

  and Afghanistan, 377, 388–389, 391

  and Gilani, Yusuf Raza, 351, 358–359, 360, 361, 363, 382, 403

  and Karzai, Hamid, 388

  and Kashmir, 342, 365, 367

  and Mumbai 2008 Terrorist Attack, 350, 351, 352, 354

  and Musharraf, Pervez, 342, 343, 388, 429

  and Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad, 365, 367

  and Obama, Barack, 367

  and Pakistan, 359, 367

  and Zardari, Asif Ali, 358, 363, 364, 408

  as Prime Minister, 340, 341, 357

  biography and character of, 364

  Singh, Partap, 111

  Singh, Rajnath, 365

  Singh, Ranjit, 92

  Singh, S. K., 254

  Singh, Swaran, 73, 173, 205, 240

  Singh, Tara, 92

  Singh, Vishwanath Pratap, 267, 268

  Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region, 160, 163

  Sino-India War, see India-China War

  Sir Creek, 279, 340, 361

  Sisson, Richard, 215

  Smith, David, 328

  Smuts, Jan, 14, 16

  Solanki, Amar Singh, 349

  Solarz Stephen, 246

  Soldier, Iqbal, 404

  Soni, Ambika, 397

  Soomro, Muhammad Mian, 346

  South Africa, 11, 16, 18, 231

  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), 242, 265, 270, 278, 290, 312–313, 324, 339, 361, 381, 406, 408, 410, 425

  South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), 408, 410, 430

  South Korea and South Koreans, 1, 137

  South Waziristan, 118, 377, 378

  South-East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 145, 152, 185, 187, 320, 417

  Soviet Central Asia, 148

  Soviet Union, 124, 152, 153, 161, 162, 163, 165, 167, 188–189, 191, 204, 205, 207, 422

  and Afghanistan, 238, 253, 258, 370–371, 372

  and Bangladesh War, 210

  and United States, 167, 169, 171, 188–189, 210–213, 238, 240, 272, 332

  Special Frontier Force, 174, 197, 206

  Spin Boldak, 374

  Sri Lanka, 168, 271, 290, 404

  Srinagar, 3, 111, 120, 121, 175, 182, 294, 320, 343, 416, 417, 419

  Stalin, Joseph, 151

  Stars for Another Sky, 135

  Statesman, 86

  Stephens, Ian, 115

  Sudhan clan, 294

  Sudhir, 108

  Sufis, 31, 88, 265

  Suhrawardy, Hussein Shaheed, 78, 83–84, 103, 147, 148, 257

  Sunday Times (London), 203

  Sunderarajan, Krishnaswamy, 253, 254, 424

  Sunnis, 275

  Suntook, Nowsher F., 244

  Sutlej River, 98, 99, 100, 154

  Swat Valley, 183

  Swatantra, 109

  Syed, Ghulam Murtaza, 247

  Sylhet, 97

  Symington, Stuart, 236

  Symington Amendment (US), 236, 240, 241, 231

  Szulc, Ted, 204

  Tagore, Rabindranath, 32, 65, 66, 415

  Tahiliani, Hariram Radhakrishna, 253

  Taiwan, 103, 168, 201

  Taizani, 373

  Taj Mahal, 219, 309, 314

  Taj Mahal: The Eternal Love Story (Movie), 397

  Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, 348, 350, 351

  Tajikistan, 370

  Tajiks, 375

  Taliban, 3, 295, 299, 303, 307–308, 382, 393

  and Afghanistan, 372, 385, 386, 390, 391, 392

  and Al Qaida, 390

  and Bhutto, Benazir, 372, 385, 386, 390, 391, 392

  and Clinton, Bill, 299

  and India, 307, 383, 385–386

  and Karzai, Hamid, 372, 385, 386, 390, 391, 392

  and Musharraf, Pervez, 209, 318

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

  and United States, 317, 322

  resurgence of, 375, 379

  Tamewali, 259, 260

  Tanmurg, 124

  Taraki, Nur Muhammad, 237–238

  Tarar, Muhammad Rafiq, 287, 307, 316, 313

  “Tariq, General,” 115

  Taseer, Muhammad Din, 116

  Tashkent, 188, 190, 191

  Tashkent Declaration, 192, 193, 195

  Tawang, 160, 169, 170, 171, 181

  Tawi River, 183

  Tehelka, 355

  Tel Aviv, 243, 423

  Tendulkar, Sachin, 401, 404–405

  Tenet, George J., 284

  Tezpur, 164, 171

  Thagla Ridge, 168

  Thailand, 145, 370

  Thatcher, Margaret, 267

  The 9/11 Commission Report, 316

  The Discovery of India, 156

  The Emergence of Pakistan, 119

  The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 10

  The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 381–382

  Thendup, Gyalo, 161

  Thoreau, Henry David, 13, 15

  Thimayya, K. S., 154

  Thimpu, 360, 361

  Thussu, Swarupram, 177

  Tibet, 158–162

  Tikka Khan, Muhammad, 199, 202, 207

  Tilak, Bal Gangadhar, 23

  Time, 136, 187, 383

  Tippera, 86

  Tiscenka, Vera, 147

  Tiwana, Sir Khizr Hayat, 79, 88, 91

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nbsp; Toba Tek Singh, 135

  Tolo TV, 392, 393, 394

  Tolstoy, Leo, 13

  Tolstoy Farm, 16

  Toronto, 404

  Train to Pakistan, 104

  Transvaal Immigration Restriction Act, 15, 16

  Transvaal Republic, 13

  Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (Afghan-Soviet), 238

  Treaty of Friendship between India and Afghanistan (1950), 370, 388

  Treaty of Peace with Japan, 137

  Treaty of Sevres, 33

  Trelford, Donald, 255

  Trombay, 229, 244, 423

  Troti, 183

  Truman, Harry, 136, 137, 138, 141

  Tulsi (television serial), 3893, 394

  Turki bin Faisal (Saudi Prince), 241

  Turkey, 28, 145, 171, 204

  Turkmenistan, 370

  26/11, 351, 357, 361, 364

  Two Nation theory, 5, 68, 69, 218, 414

  Tyabji, Abbas, 48

  Tyabji, Badruddin, 10

  U Thant, 184, 188

  Uban, Sujan Singh, 179, 209

  Union of South Africa, see South Africa

  Unionist Party, 61, 79, 91

  United Arab Emirates, 289, 398, 401, 407, 409

  United Front (East Pakistan), 146, 278

  United Press International, 48

  United Nations (UN), 1, 124, 150, 200, 250, 277, 287, 313, 370, 375

  United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), 133, 184

  United Nations Commission on India and Pakistan (UNCIP), 133, 136, 143, 151

  United Nations Security Council, 1, 124, 129–130, 136–137, 152–153, 184, 188, 200, 210, 282–283, 294, 355, 357

  United Progressive Alliance (UPA), 340, 341

  United Province, 395

  Unto This Last, 14

  United States, 15, 21, 55, 152, 155, 293, 303, 332, 363, 350

  and 9/11, 316

  and Afghanistan, 237, 252, 316, 326, 359, 372, 375, 376, 383, 385, 387

  and Ali Khan, Liaquat, 138

  and Bhutto, Benazir, 278

  and Bhutto, Zulfikar, 185, 191

  and China, 163, 168, 204, 208, 211–213, 293

  and Gandhi, Indira, 197, 207–208

  and India, 136, 145, 165, 170, 174, 185, 190, 205, 206, 229, 318, 321, 322, 323, 419, 425

  and Israel, 243

  and Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad, 270, 273

  and Nehru, Jawaharlal, 85, 144–145, 171–172

  and Pakistan, 110, 128, 137, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 153–154, 157, 179, 185, 187, 196, 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

  and Soviet Union, 167, 169, 171, 188–189, 210–213, 238, 240, 272, 332

  and Taliban, 317, 322

  Nonproliferation Act of, 236

  Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of, 284

  Untouchables (Hindu), 43, 53, 54, 55, 57

  Upadhaya, Deen Dayal, 281

  Urdu (language), 65, 66, 147, 398, 417

  URENCO, 231

  Uri, 3, 119, 120, 124, 408

  US-Pakistan Mutual Security Pact, 157

  Usmani, Muzaffar, 305, 317, 319

  USSR, see Soviet Union

  Uzbekistan, 188, 370

  Vaishya (movie), 302

  Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 233, 289, 334, 376

  and Clinton, Bill, 296, 299, 310, 312, 427–428

  and Indian Airlines plane hijacked, 307–308

  and Kargil War, 295–296, 298–301

  and Kashmir, 293, 337

  and Lahore Declaration, 293, 312

  and Musharraf, Pervez, 291, 307, 313, 314, 324–325, 331, 406, 428

  and Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad, 290, 291–292, 295–297, 313, 426–427

  and nuclear doctrine, 329

  and nuclear program and weapons, 280, 281–82, 283, 426

  and Pakistan, 292, 293, 322–323, 325, 427, 429

  and terrorist attacks in Delhi, 320–322, 324, 335, 429

  biography and character of, 280–281

  Vajpayee, Krishna Bihari, 280

  Vajpayee, Namita, 292

  Vale of Kashmir, 120, 129, 133, 142, 157, 175, 277, 295

  Vance, Cyrus, 236

  Vande Matram (song), 64–66, 415

  Vanity Fair, 259

  Vedic Hinduism, 31, 32

  Venkataraman, Ramaswamy, 259

  Verma, A. K., 257

  Victoria (Queen), 349

  Vienna, 196, 423

  Vietnam, 217

  Vij, Nirmal Chander, 334

  Vijaypur, 327

  Vishakhapatnam, 76, 327

  Vohra, Gulab, 62

  Voice of Kashmir radio, 182

  Vorontsov, Yuli, 211

  Waar (movie), 399

  Wagah, 187, 291, 364, 387, 403, 407, 409, 411, 416

  Wah, 381

  Wahhabis, 275

  Wahid, Abdul, 393

  Walong, 171

  War and Secession: Pakistan, India and the Creation of Bangladesh, 216

  Warsaw, 168

  Washington, 1, 85, 138, 196, 207, 261, 267, 325

  Wassom, Herbert M., 259

  Wavell, Archibald Lord, 71, 72, 73, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 87

  Weisman, Steven R., 25

  Welwyn Garden City, 247

  West Bengal, 109, 139, 140, 217

  West Pakistan and West Pakistanis, 134, 140, 146, 217, 219

  West Punjab, 102, 105, 118, 119

  Weston, D., 19

  Willingdon, Lord, 55

  Wilson, Harold, 178

  Wilson, Woodrow, 21

  Wisner, Frank, 282

  Wolport, Stanley, 21

  World Bank, 154–155, 266, 270, 285, 417

  World Policy Journal, 260

  World Sindhi Conference, 247

  World Trade Center (New York), 273, 316

  World War I (1914–1918), 7–8, 11, 22, 24, 26, 28

  World War II (1939–1945), 67–68, 70–71, 72

  Wullar Barrage, 279, 340

  Xinjiang Autonomous Region, 160, 173, 204

  Xinjiang-Tibet Highway, 166, 167

  Yahya Khan, Agha Muhammad, 183, 196, 198, 201, 217, 420, 428

  and Ayub Khan, Muhammad, 196, 420

  and Bangladesh War, 209–210, 213, 214, 217

  and Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 222

  and East Pakistan, 199, 205, 207

  and Nixon, Richard, 196, 202, 207

  and Operation Grand Slam, 183

  general election under, 197–198

  resignation of, 218

  Yaqoob, Abdul Razak, 335

  Yamuna River, see Jamuna River

  Yaron, Amos, 328

  Yeh Khamoshi Kahan Tak?, 297

  Yekaterinburg, 358

  Young India, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42

  Yousaf, Jam Muhammad, 277

  Yuan Zhongxian, 159

  Yusaf Khan, Muhammad, 320, 323, 328, 345

  Zabul, 375

  Zaheer, Sajjad, 223

  Zahid, Anwar, 293

  Zahir Shah, Muhammad (King), 237, 370, 371

  Zakaria, Fareed, 379–380

  Zaki, Akram, 273

  Zardari, Asif Ali, 224, 264, 265, 266, 268, 347, 352, 353, 354, 357, 358, 363, 364, 384, 390, 408

  Zardari, Hakim Ali, 224, 266

  Zawahiri, Ayman, 228

  Zee TV, 399

  Zhou Enlai, 147–148, 161, 162, 163, 165–166, 202, 204, 233, 418

  and Abdullah, Shaikh Muhammad, 177

  and Kissinger, Henry, 205–206

  and Nehru
, Jawaharlal, 169, 170, 418

  Zia ul Haq, Muhammad, 141, 238, 258, 318, 400, 401, 423

  and Afghanistan, 237, 238, 239, 258

  and Bhutto, Benazir, 263

  and Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 233, 234, 235, 263, 422

  and Gandhi, Indira, 241–242, 244, 266, 423

  and Gandhi, Rajiv, 251–252, 255, 259, 266, 401, 424

  and India, 235, 236, 246, 247, 254, 396

  and Inter-Services Intelligence, 239–240, 257

  and Kashmir, 268, 326

  and Khalistan movement, 251–252

  and Movement for Restoration of Democracy, 246, 247

  and nuclear program and weapons, 236, 240–241, 251–252, 254–255, 423, 424, 425

  and Pakistan People’s Party, 233

  as Army Chief, 233, 254, 429

  assassination of, 258–260, 262, 263, 276, 422

  biography and character of, 234–235, 251, 262

  general elections under, 251, 270

  Islamization by, 238, 239, 258, 265, 268, 275–276, 292

  military coup against Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 232, 235–236

  Ziarat, 130

  Zinni, Anthony, 296

  Zinta, Priety, 302

  Zira, 100

  Zoroastrians, 194

  Zulu rebellion, 12, 14

  About the Author

  DILIP HIRO is one of the world’s leading experts on South Asian, Central Asian, and Middle Eastern affairs. His thirty-four books include Inside India Today, Inside Central Asia, The Timeline History of India, War Without End, and Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia. He contributes to the New York Times, Guardian, Washington Post, Observer, and Nation, as well as Salon, TomDispatch, and YaleGlobal online magazines. He is a commentator for CNN, the BBC, and Al Jazeera English.

 

 

 


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