by Nisid Hajari
Srinagar: airlift into, 190–93, 195, 198, 200, 217, 230, emergency administration in, 192, 217, foreigners’ evacuation from, 189–90, 192, India as multicultural state and, 204, 217, Indian Army and, 210, India’s fight for, 181, 184, 190–93, 195, 198–202, 204–7, 222, as Kashmiri capital, 104, Mughals and, 178, Pakistan’s fight for, 189–90, 193–94, 199, 201–2, 214, refugees from, 190, sectarian violence and, 210
Stephens, Ian, 19
Stephenson, Hugh, 145, 197
Stilwell, Joseph, 86
Stimson, H. Robert, 139, 214, 233–34
Suhrawardy, H. S., 13–15, 18–19, 54, 97, 147, 268, n.43; 268, n.59
Swat, 199–200
Symon, Alexander C. B., 192
T
Talbot, Phillips, 13, 18–20, 56, 70, 110, 192, 223, 255–56
Taliban, xx, 184, 196, 211, 220, 259–60
Taunsvi, Fikr, 132
Thimayya, K. S. “Timmy,” 143–44, 165, 168, 220, 232
Travancore, 115, 117
Trivedi, Chandulal, 124, 135, 140, 145, 166
Tyabji, Badruddin, 158
U
Unionist coalition, 44–47, 51
United Nations: Gandhi’s death and, 229–30, Hyderabad and, 208, 235, 244, 248, Kashmir and, 208, 212, 217, 227, 230, 238–39, 245–47, Nehru and, 223, 230–31, 246
United Provinces: Partition and, 120–21, Quit India and, 40, refugees and, 148–49, 174, RSSS and, 59, 63, 148, sectarian violence and, 58–59, 63, 148–49
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See Soviets (USSR or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
United States: Afghanistan and, 205, 211, 220, 259, British compromise and, 69, Kashmir and, 195, 230, 253, Kashmir Line of Control and, 260–61, Partition and, 95, 116, 126, self-rule/independent India and, 7, 36, 38–40, self-rule/independent Pakistan and, 95, 161, 195, 218, 235, 258–59, Soviets and, 7–8, Taliban and, 220
Uri, 188, 210, 217
Usman, Mohammad, 231
USSR. See Soviets (USSR or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
W
Wardha, 2, 4–5, 8
Wavell, Archibald Percival: breakdown plan and, 7, 64–65, characteristics of, 6, Gandhi and, 21, interim government in India and, 22, 50–53, 58, Jinnah and, 10, 22, 51, 57, on Mountbatten, 86–87, Nehru and, 1–2, 4–5, 10, 12, 21, 50–53, 68, Partition and, 79, 276, n.16; self-rule/independent India and, 6–7, 10–11, 20–21, sectarian violence and, 64, 79, 276, n.16; viceroy appointments and, 6, 85
Waziristan, 50, 185–86, 203, 260
West Punjab: government of, 79, 140, 236, Hindus and, 148–49, 165, 209, Kashmir war and, 183, 188, 196, 209, 211, 221, 238, Partition and, 79, 111, 135, 148, population statistics and, 148, 179, refugees and, 147–49, 165, 168, 209, 238, sectarian violence, 145, 167–68, Sikhs and, 148–49, 165, 167–68, 209
Whitehead, Andrew, 188, 203
world wars, xxii, 27, 35–36, 38, 74, 86, 88, 232
Z
Zoroastrians, 24. See also Parsis
About the Author
NISID HAJARI writes about Asian politics, history, and economics for the editorial board of Bloomberg View. He led international coverage at Newsweek for more than a decade and has frequently commented on foreign affairs for the BBC, CNN, and NPR.