An absorbing account of those crucial years between 1936 and 1947, and the argument if meticulously built on the monumental use of primary sources. The partition of India was one of the most cataclysmic events in modern history; the transfer of power to India and Pakistan in August 1947 was the first major act of decolonization by the British, with far-reaching consequences for their international status . Partition symbolized the successful culmination of the Muslim League's campaign for a sovereign Pakistan, while it was the antithesis of the Congress wish to achieve a secular, united, democratic and independent India.

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