The Great Partition

by Yasmin Khan

  and Pakistan, (i), (ii)

  and pre-Partition politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  and women, (i), (ii), (iii),

  see also illus. nos 11, 22

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

  Ganges, river, (i), (ii), (iii)

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

  George VI, King, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Germany, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Ghaziabad, (i)

  Ghosh, Jugal Chandra, (i)

  Gidwani, Chothi Ram, (i)

  Gujarat, (i)

  expectations of freedom, (i)

  food protests in, (i)

  reception of refugees, (i)

  riots in, (i)

  Gupta, Ashoka, (i)

  Gupta, Saumya, (i)

  Gurdaspur, (i), (ii)

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

  Gurkhas, (i), (ii)

  Hamid, Shahid, (i)

  Hapur, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Haridwar, (i)

  see also illus. no. 11

  harijans,25

  see also ‘Untouchables’

  Hashim, Syed Nazimuddin, (i)

  Hedgewar, K.B., (i)

  Hindu Mahasabha, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Hindustani, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Hindustani Seva Dal, (i)

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

  home guards, (i), (ii)

  Hoshiarpur, (i)

  House of Commons, (i), (ii)

  housing, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Humayan's Tomb, (i), (ii)

  Hume, A.P., (i)

  Husain, Amjad, (i), (ii)

  Husain, Intizar, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Hussain, Ahmad, (i)

  Hussain, Masood, (i)

  Hussain, Zakir, (i), (ii)

  Hyderabad, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Hyderabad, Nizam of, (i)

  Iftikhar-ud-Din, Mian, (i)

  Ikramullah, S.S., (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Independence Day, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  celebration in India and Pakistan (1947), (i)

  Indian Air Force, (i)

  Indian Army (Second World War), (i), (ii), (iii)

  deployment during riots, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  division of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Punjab, (i)

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

  and volunteer movements, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and Wavell, (i)

  Indian Civil Service (ICS), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii),

  Indian National Army (INA), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Indian National Congress, (i)

  and army, (i)

  and Cabinet Mission, (i)

  and local Congressmen, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  and election (1946), (i)

  and Gandhi's death, (i)

  and historiography, (i), (ii)

  and Independence Day, (i)

  and Pakistan idea, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and peace workers, (i), (ii)

  and pre-Partition politics, (i)

  and princes, (i)

  and provincial ministries, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and violence, (i)

  and volunteer movements, (i), (ii)

  and post-Partition reconstruction, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Indonesia, (i)

  influenza, (i)

  intelligence services, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  International Red Cross, see Red Cross

  Iran, (i)

  Jalal, Ayesha, (i)

  Jam ‘at-i Islami, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Jamia Millia University, (i)

  Jamiat-ul-Ulema i Hind, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Jamshedpur, (i), (ii)

  Japan, (i), (ii)

  Jenkins, Evan, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Jind, Maharaja of, (i)

  Jinnah, Mohammed Ali, (i)

  and Independence Day, (i)

  memories of, (i)

  and minorities in Pakistan, (i), (ii)

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

  and post-war politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and refugees, (i), (ii)

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

  see also illus. no. 3

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

  and Nehru–Liaquat Ali pact, (i)

  see also radio

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

  Junagadh, (i)

  jute, (i), (ii), (iii)

  kafila, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Kalat, (i)

  Karachi, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Independence Day in, (i), (ii)

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

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

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

  relations with India, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and violence, (i)

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

  Kashmiri, Shorish, (i)

  Kaur, Ravinder, (i)

  khadi, (i)

  Khaksars, (i), (ii)

  Khaliquzzaman, Choudhry, (i)

  Khan, Ayub, (i)

  Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, (i), (ii)

  Khan, Abdul Qaiyum, (i)

  Khan, Liaquat Ali, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  and Nehru–Liaquat Ali pact, (i)

  Khan, Sahabzada Yaqub, (i)

  Khan, Shaukat Hyat, (i)

  Khan, Syed Ahmad, (i)

  Khan, Zafrullah Muhammad, (i)

  Kher, B.G., (i)

  Khosla, G.D., (i)

  Kidwai, Anis, (i), (ii)

  Kidwai, Rafi Ahmad, (i)

  Kidwai, Shafi Ahmad, (i)

  kisan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Kripalani, Acharya, (i), (ii)

  Kumar, Krishna, (i)

  Kurukshetra (refugee camp), (i)

  Labour Party, (i)

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

  Independence Day in, (i)

  and memories, (i)

  and peace process, (i)

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

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

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

  Lahore Resolution, (i)

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

  Lari, Z.H., (i)

  Latifi, Danial, (i)

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

  Macleodganj, (i)

  MacNeice, Louis, (i)

  Madhya Pradesh, (i)

  see also Central Provinces

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

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

  Mahalanobis, P.C., (i)

  Mahmood, Fazal, (i)

  Mahmud, Syed, (i), (ii)

  Malaya, (i)

  Malkani, Kewal, (i)

  Mamdot, Khan of, (i)

  Mandal, J.N., (i), (ii)

  Manto, Saadat Hasan, (i)

  maps, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi)

  Mathura, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Mawdudi, Maulana, (i)

  Mayaram, Shail, (i)

  Mehta, Deepa, (i)

  Mehta, Khorshed, (i)

  memories

  of famine (1943), (i)

  of Partition violence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  of Quit India movement (1942), (i)

  Menon, Ritu, (i)

  Meos, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Military Evacuation Organisation, (i)

  Mohammad, Ghulam, (i)

  Mohani, Hasrat, (i)

  Moo
kerjee, Syama Prasad, (i)

  Moon, Penderel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii)

  Moradabad, (i), (ii)

  Mother India, idea of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Mountbatten, Louis, first Earl, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  and appeals regarding the boundary award, (i), (ii)

  approach to question of Partition, (i)

  attitude towards violence, (i), (ii)

  and princes, (i)

  and withdrawal of the British Army, (i)

  see also illus. no. 13

  Mughal Empire, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Muhajirs, (i), (ii)

  see also refugees

  Mujeeb, Mohammad, (i), (ii)

  Multan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Musharraf, Pervez, (i)

  Muslim League, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and Aligarh, (i)

  and elections of 1946, (i)

  and memories of 1947, (i)

  and Pakistan demand, (i)

  and pre-Partition politics, (i)

  and reactions to Partition plan, (i)

  and refugees, (i), (ii)

  and violence, (i), (ii)

  Muslim League National Guards, (i), (ii)

  Mussoorie, (i)

  Nanak, Guru, (i), (ii)

  Nandy, Ashis, (i)

  Nankana Sahib, (i)

  Narain, Govind, (i)

  Narayan, J.P., (i), (ii)

  Nawaz, Begum Shah, (i)

  Nayar, Kuldip, (i), (ii)

  Nehru, Jawaharlal, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Hyderabad, (i), (ii)

  and Independence Day, (i)

  and Indian Muslims, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and Nehru–Liaquat Ali pact, (i)

  and Partition plan, (i), (ii)

  and Patel, (i), (ii)

  and post-war politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and refugees, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and riots, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  see also illus. nos 12, 20, 23, 25

  Nehru–Liaquat Ali Pact (1950), (i)

  Noakhali, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  see also illus. nos 8, 9

  non-violence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Noon, Firoz Khan, (i)

  North West Frontier Province (NWFP), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)

  Oudh, (i)

  Pakistan Times (newspaper), (i), (ii)

  Pakistani Army (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  panchayats, (i)

  Pant, Govind Ballabh, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  see also illus. no. 12

  Partition Council, (i)

  passports, (i)

  Patel, H.M., (i)

  Patel, Kamlaben, (i)

  Patel, Maniben, (i)

  Patel, Vallabhbhai, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

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

  Patiala, Maharaja of, (i)

  Patrick, Paul, (i)

  peace activists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  see also illus. nos 7, 10

  peasants, see kisan

  Pethick-Lawrence, F.W., (i), (ii)

  see also illus. no. 6

  pirs, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Planning Commission (India), (i), (ii)

  police

  and actions to control violence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)

  and colonialism, (i), (ii), (iii)

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

  loyalties of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  mutiny (1946), (i)

  post-Independence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and refugees, (i), (ii)

  and volunteer bodies, (i), (ii)

  postal services, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  Prasad, Rajendra, (i), (ii)

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

  aspirations to independence, (i), (ii), (iii)

  private armies in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  relations with India and Pakistan, (i), (ii)

  prisons, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

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

  formation of governments in provinces in 1946, (i), (ii)

  and reactions to Pakistan's creation, (i)

  and responses to Partition refugees, (i)

  Punjab, xxiv (map), (i)

  army in, (i)

  ethno-religious polarisation in, (i)

  Independence in, (i)

  post-Independence, (i), (ii)

  provincial politics in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and reactions to Partition decision, (i)

  refugee camps in, (i)

  refugee movements in, (i)

  and rehabilitation of refugees, (i), (ii)

  violence in 1947 in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  volunteer movements in, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Punjab Boundary Force, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Purana Qila (Old Fort, Delhi), (i)

  Quakers, (i)

  Quetta, (i), (ii)

  Quit India movement (1942), (i), (ii), (iii)

  Quraishi, Manzoor, (i), (ii)

  Qureshi, I.H., (i), (ii)

  Radcliffe, Cyril, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  see also borders; boundary commissions

  Radcliffe Line, xxiv (map), xxv (map), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

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

  Rampur, (i)

  Ranchi, (i)

  Rann of Cutch, (i)

  The Rape of Rawalpindi (pamphlet), (i)

  Rashtriya Sevak Sangh (RSS), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

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

  Red Cross, (i), (ii)

  Red Fort (Delhi), (i), (ii)

  Red Shirts, (i)

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

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

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

  politics of, (i), (ii)

  in Bengal, (i)

  rehabilitation of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  see also illus. nos 8, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25

  religious identity

  in colonial India, (i), (ii)

  and confusions with citizenship, (i)

  and riots, (i), (ii)

  simplifications of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  symbols of, (i), (ii)

  riots, see violence

  Royal Indian Navy mutiny (1946), (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also illus. no. 2

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

  about atrocities, (i), (ii)

  about Nehru, (i), (ii)

  about Partition scheme, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  attempts to counter, (i)

  power of, (i), (ii)

  sadhus, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Sahni, Bhisham, (i), (ii)

  see also Tamas

  Sahni, Ruchi Ram, (i)

  Salaam, Amtus, (i)

  Sampurnanand, (i)

  Sarabhai, Mridula, (i)

  Sarwar, Golam, (i)

  satyagraha, (i)

  Savarkar, V.D., (i)

  Second World War, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Seghal, Shanti, (i), (ii)

  separate electorates, (i)

  Seth, Maheshwar Dayal, (i)

  Sheikhupura, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Sialkot, (i), (ii)

  Sikhs

  and a
rmy, (i), (ii)

  and Cabinet Mission, (i)

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

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

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

  and Radcliffe line, (i), (ii)

  and refugees, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and religious identity, (i)

  and violence in Punjab, (i)

  Simla, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Sind, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii)

  Singapore, (i), (ii)

  Singh, Baldev, (i)

  Singh, Giani Kartar, (i)

  Singh, Khushwant, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Singh, Kushdeva, (i)

  Singh, Tara, (i), (ii)

  Smith, Wilfred Cantwell, (i), (ii)

  Sobti, Krishna, (i)

  social workers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

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

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

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

  Sufi shrines, (i), (ii)

  Suhrawardy, Husseyn, (i), (ii)

  Sunlight on a Broken Column (novel), (i)

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

  Sylhet, (i), (ii)

  Symonds, Richard, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Tablighi Jamaat, (i)

  Talbot, Ian, (i)

  Talbot, Phillips, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Tamas (novel), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Tandon, Purushottam Das, (i)

  Tata family, (i)

  Taunsvi, Fikr, (i)

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

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

  Telengana uprising, (i)

  Thapar, Krishna, (i)

  Tiwana, Khizr, (i), (ii), (iii)

  trade

  between India and Pakistan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  see also economy

  trade unions, (i), (ii)

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

  disruption caused on trainlines, (i)

  and imagery of Partition, (i)

  see also illus. no. 16

  transfer of population, see refugees

  Tuker, General, (i), (ii)

  ulema, (i)

  see also Jam ‘at-i Islami

  Jamiat-ul-Ulema i Hind

  Unionist Party, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  United Nations, (i), (ii), (iii)

  United Nations Refugee Convention, (i)

  United Provinces (UP), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  see also Uttar Pradesh

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

  ‘untouchables’, (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also harijans

  uprising, of 1857, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Uttar Pradesh, (i), (ii), (iii)

  see also United Provinces

  Vaid, Krishna Baldev, (i)

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