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Gandhi believed in peace. But even he couldn’t stop the bloodshed of Partition. Freedom at Midnight tells the human side of history.
#books #bookreviews #FreedomAtMidnight #IndianIndependence #MustRead
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Freedom at Midnight brings India’s independence to life. Gandhi’s peace, Nehru’s dreams, and Jinnah’s fight. The people’s joy and pain.
#books #bookreview #PartitionOfIndia #HistoryBooks #IndianIndependence
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In #Hindi and #Urdu, the word #Freedom on this image celebrates those who fought for #IndianIndependence.
(Image credit: Hanifa Abdul Hameed)
#GlobalSouth #India #art #activism #ColonialResistance #decolonial
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The Muslims of North India Were Reduced to Being the Orphans of Partition
The Hindu right embedded in the Congress operated independent of Nehru and encouraged the migration of Muslims to Pakistan.
#partition #IndianIndependence #IndianMuslims #NorthIndia #pakistan #muslims #history #congress #india #PratinavAnil #books #bookstodon #histodon
https://thewire.in/books/another-india-book-review-muslims-orphans-of-partition
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And last year, we recorded a new podcast episode to further explore the word “widow”, and the history of Indian independence and Partition.
http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2022/08/10/episode-108-widows-indian-independence-and-partition#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Widow #India #IndianIndependence
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A new book recounts how princely states were coaxed, coerced, or bludgeoned into joining India
An excerpt from ‘Dethroned: Patel, Menon and The Integration of Princely India’, by John Zubrzycki.
#IndianHistory #history #PrincelyStates #SardarPatel #VPMenon #IndianIndependence #FreedomStruggle #india #JohnZubrzycki #BookExcerpt #books #bookstodon #histodon