The Great Partition

by Yasmin Khan

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  Index

  Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad, (i)

  Advani, L.K., (i), (ii)

  Africa, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Agra, (i), (ii), (iii)

  ahimsa, (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also Gandhi, M.K.; non-violence

  Ahrars, (i)

  Akali Dal, (i)

  Akali Fauj, (i)

  Akali Sena, (i)

  akhara, (i), (ii)

  Alexander, A.V., (i)

  Alexander, Horace, (i)

  Ali, Chaudhuri Mohammad, (i)

  Aligarh, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Aligarh Muslim University, (i), (ii)

  see also illus. no. 5

  All India Radio, see radio

  Alwar, (i), (ii)

  Alwar, Maharaja of, (i)

  Ambala, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Americans, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  Amritsar, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Partition politics, (i), (ii)

  and peace process, (i)

  and refugees, (i), (ii)

  violence in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Andaman and Nicobar Islands, (i), (ii)

  Anglo-Indians, (i), (ii)

  Arya Samaj, (i)

  Assam, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Cabinet Mission, (i)

  reactions to Partition plan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  rumours in, (i)

  Attlee, Clement, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Auchinleck, Claude, Field Marshal, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Auden, W.H., (i)

  Australia, (i), (ii)

  Ayodhya, (i)

  Azad, Abul Kalam, (i), (ii), (iii)

  azadi, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Azhar, Nasreen, (i)

  Bab-e-Pakistan, (i)

  Babri Masjid, see Ayodhya

  Baden-Powell, B.H., (i)

  Badshahi mosque (Lahore), (i)

  Bahawalpur, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Bahawalpur, Maharaja of, (i)

  Bakshi, A.S., (i)

  Baluchistan, (i)

  Bangladesh, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  see also Bengal

  banks, (i), (ii)

  flight of capital, (i), (ii)

  loss of bankers, (i)

  and refugees, (i)

  Bareilly, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Benaras, (i), (ii)

  see also Varanasi

  Bengal, xxv (map), (i)

  borders, (i), (ii), (iii)

  famine (1943), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and Partition politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  and post-1947 crisis, (i)

  and refugees, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  violence in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  and wartime, (i)

  see also illus. no. 18

  bhadralok, (i), (ii)

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), (i), (ii)

  Bharatpur, (i), (ii)

  Bhasin, Kamla, (i)

  Bhopal, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Bhopal, Nawab of, (i)

  Bihar, (i), (ii)

  food shortages, (i)

  and Muslim Congressmen, (i)

  and police mutiny, (i)

  and pre-Partition politics, (i), (ii)

  violence in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Bindra, Amar Nath, (i)

  Birla, G.D., (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Bollywood, (i), (ii)

  see also cinemas; films

  Bombay, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and naval mutiny, (i)

  and politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  reactions to Pakistan's creation, (i), (ii)

  and refugees, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  troops depart, (i)

  violence in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  border enclaves, (i)

  Border Security Force (India), (i)

  borders, (i)

  control of, (i)

  and League demands, (i)

  people crossing, (i)

  and princely states, (i)

  uncertainties over, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Bose, Sarat Chandra, (i)

  Bose, Subhas Chandra, (i), (ii)

  boundary commissions, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Bourke-White, Margaret, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Boy Scouts, (i), (ii)

  Britain

  Cabinet Mission plan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  civil servants, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  creation of empire in India, (i), (ii), (iii)

  government, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)

  and Indian elections, (i), (ii)

  and memories of Partition, (i), (ii)

  policemen, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Second World War, (i), (ii), (iii)

  withdrawal from India, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi)

  British Army, in India, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  withdrawal of troops, (i)

  see also illus. no. 15

  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), (i)

  business, see economy

  Butalia, Urvashi, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Cabinet Mission, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Calcutta, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Gandhi, (i)

  and Partition politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and refugees, (i), (ii), (iii)

  violence in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  censuses, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Central Emergency Committee (India), (i)

  Central Provinces, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Chandigarh, (i), (ii)

  Chaning Pearce, William, (i)

  Chatterjee, Sailen, (i)

  Chatterji, Joya, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Chauri Chaura, (i)

  Chenab, river, (i), (ii), (iii)

  children, (i)

  and curfew, (i)

  and education, (i), (ii)

  and Partition politics, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and violence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  see also illus. no. 25

  Chittagong, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  cholera, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Christians, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Churchill, Winston, (i), (ii)

  cinemas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  citizenship, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  confusion over, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  clothes, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Clow, Andrew, (i)

  Commonwealth, (i), (ii)

  communists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Communist Party of India, (i)

  see also illus. no. 1

  Congress, see Indian National Congress

  Constituent Assembly of India, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  conversion, religious, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Cooch Behar, (i)

  Copland, Ian, (i)

  cow slaughter, and campaigns for abolition of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  cricket, (i), (ii)

  Cripps, Stafford, (i), (ii)

  curfews, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Dacca, (i), (i
i), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Dalmia, Seth Ramkrishna, (i)

  Darling, Malcolm, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Das, Suhasini, (i)

  Das, Suranjan, (i)

  Dawn (newspaper), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  decolonisation, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  defence spending, (i)

  Dehlvi, Masud Hasan, (i)

  Delhi, (i)

  elections (1946), (i)

  and Gandhi's funeral, (i)

  Independence Day in, (i), (ii)

  Musharraf's visit, (i)

  Muslim League supporters in, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Nehru–Liaquat Ali pact, (i)

  Partition crisis in, (i), (ii)

  and Partition machinery, (i)

  policy mutiny in, (i)

  post-war life in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and reactions to Partition, (i), (ii)

  and refugees, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Durgapur, (i)

  Durrani, F.K. Khan, (i)

  Dutt, B.C., (i)

  economy

  post-war dislocation, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  impact of Partition, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  trade between India and Pakistan, (i)

  elections

  in 1937, (i), (ii), (iii)

  in 1946, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  in 1950 (India), (i)

  see also illus. no. 4

  Epstein, Anthony, (i)

  ethnic cleansing, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  European civilians, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Faiz, Faiz Ahmed, (i)

  Faridabad, (i)

  Faridkot, (i), (ii)

  Fatima Begum, (i)

  fatwa, (i), (ii)

  Ferozepore, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  fiction, and representations of Partition, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  films, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  representations of Partition, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  flags, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)

  importance of symbolism of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  food

  committees, (i)

  and refugees, (i), (ii), (iii)

  shortages, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  France, (i), (ii)

  Gandhi, M.K.

  assassination and funeral of, (i), (ii)

  and attempts to restore peace, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  memories of, (i)