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6 - The Partition of India and Migration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

By
Kavita Puri
Edited by
Johannes Knolle  and
James Poskett
With contributions by
David Olusoga ,
Chandran Kukathas ,
Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll ,
Filippo Grandi ,
Eva Harris ,
Kavita Puri ,
Venki Ramakrishnan  and
Iain Couzin
Johannes Knolle
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
James Poskett
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
Chandran Kukathas
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Filippo Grandi
Affiliation:
United Nations Refugee Agency
Eva Harris
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Kavita Puri
Affiliation:
BBC
Venki Ramakrishnan
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Iain Couzin
Affiliation:
Universität Konstanz, Germany
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Summary

We all have a story, a narrative. Friends and family members may know it, and it may get passed down the generations. Sometimes stories are all we have of a past; they may be dramatic – witnessing historic moments or disaster; they can be life-changing and are often ordinary. They can knit a sense of self, identity, and even bind a nation.

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Migration , pp. 131 - 147
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Further Reading

Ansari, S. (2005). Life after Partition: Migration, Community and Strife in Sindh: 1947–1962. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Ballard, R. (ed.) (1994). Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain. London: Hurst and Co.Google Scholar
Butalia, U. (2000). The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. Durham: Duke University Press.Google Scholar
Chatterji, J. (2007). The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947–1967. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Chatterji, J., and Washbrook, D. (eds.) (2013). Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora. London: Routledge.Google Scholar
Hajara, N. (2015). Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition. Stroud: Amberley Books.Google Scholar
Khan, Y. (2007). The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. New Haven: Yale University Press.Google Scholar
Puri, K. (2019). Partition Voices: Untold British Stories. London: Bloomsbury.Google Scholar
Talbot, I., and Singh, G. (2014). The Partition of India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Vizram, R. (2002). Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History. London: Pluto Press.Google Scholar
Von Tunzelmann, A. (2007) Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire. London: Simon & Schuster.Google Scholar

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