The Emergence of India and Pakistan/edited by Suresh K. Sharma. New
Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2007, xiv, 500 p., map, ISBN 81-8274-253-6.
The Emergence of India and Pakistan/edited by Suresh K. Sharma. New
Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2007, xiv, 500 p., map, ISBN 81-8274-253-6.
Contents: Preface. 1. Presidential address of Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal delivered at the Allahabad Session of the All-India Muslim League, December 1930. 2. Scheme put forward by Dr. Syed Abdul Latif, 1939. 3. A scheme of Indian Federation by Sir Sikandar Hyat-Khan, 1939. 4. Scheme put forward by Professor Syed Zafarul Hasan and Dr. Mohammad Afzal Husain Qadri. 5. Mr. Jinnah's Fourteen Points. 6. Independent Muslim Conference. 7. Is the Pakistan Proposal a 'Command Performance'?/Ramananda Chatterjee. 8. Jinnah's demand for a separate homeland for Muslims, 22 March, 1940. 9. Muslim case for Pakistan/B.R. Ambedkar. 10. What is this Partition Plan?/V.B. Kulkarni. 11. The mind behind Pakistan/Suresh Chandra Dev. 12. Partition Scheme: an examination/Lakshmi Narayana. 13. Pakistan: its implications/C.V.H. Rao. 14. Thoughts on Pakistan/"Jay". 15. Delusion of Pakistanism/Nagendra Nath Chanda. 16. Akhand Hindusthan/Radha Kumud Mookerji. 17. The demand for Pakistan. 18. The theory of two nations/Abdullah Safdar. 19. The 'Two Nations' Theory/Hari Charan Mukerji. 20. The negotiations and after: the Two-Nations Theory of Mr. Jinnah--I/D.N. Banerjee. 21. The negotiations and after: the Two-Nations Theory of Mr. Jinnah--II/D.N. Banerjee. 22. Reginald Coupland's alternative scheme to Pakistan, March 1944. 23. The prospects of Partition/R. Coupland. 24. Schemes of Partition/Rajendra Prasad. 25. Attlee's statement, House of Commons, 20 February, 1947. 26. Resolution of Congress Working Committee, 6-8 March, 1947. 27. Broadcast speech of Lord Mountbatten, 3 June, 1947. 28. The Mountbatten Plan, 3 June, 1947. 29. Lord Mountbatten's Press Conference, 3 June, 1947. 30. Broadcast speech of Pandit Nehru, 3 June, 1947. 31. Jinnah's Broadcast Speech, 3 June, 1947. 32. Appointment of Boundary Commissions, 30 June, 1947. 33. Punjab Boundary Commission or Radcliffe Award 1947--report. 34. Bengal Boundary Commission, 1947, or Radcliffe Award--report. 35. Notes on Partition of Bengal/An F.R.S-S and F.R. Econ.S. 36. Speech by the Earl of Listowel, Secretary of State for India and Burma, on the Indian Independence Bill, 16 July, 1947. 37. The Joint Defence Council Order, 11 August, 1947. 38. The Arbitral Tribunal Order, 12 August, 1947. 39. The Indian Independence Act, 1947. 40. Partition and Indian finance/Bijoy Sen. 41. Miscellaneous documents. 42. The travail of Partition/Jawaharlal Nehru. 43. Refugees in our midst/Vijay Sen. 44. The problem of the refugees/Mehr Chand Khanna. Index.
"The period between World War II and the dawn of Indian independence was of a climatic scene, which in the past has always attracted the attention of the scholarly community the world over. The Partition of India (1947) took place during this phase. It was one of the great human convulsions, the world has ever witnessed. It was not only a simple bifurcation of geographical boundaries between India and Pakistan but, an unparalleled scene of untold stories, riots and conflagrations, and outpouring of savagery, unprecedented in scale and span. This epic turmoil had rocked not only the Indian sub-continent but also the entire world. Frankly speaking, the Partition of India resulted in shattering consequences. It would not be an exaggeration to say had there been no partition and only an united India (India and Pakistan) prevailed on the world map after independence then this state would have progressed more politically, economically, culturally, etc. and ranked itself in the family of present-day 'Superpowers'.
During the last few years, however, the Partition of India has been taken more seriously as a subject of inquiry. This humble anthology--The Emergence of India and Pakistan--presents a vivid journey to the final chapter of India's long struggle for freedom. It is hoped that the present endeavour will be widely consulted by potential researchers in our sub-continent and abroad." (jacket)