Midnight's Furies

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.