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Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a "shameful flight" by Winston Churchill--had a truly catastrophic effect on South Asia, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead in its wake and creating a legacy of chaos, hatred, and war that has lasted... read more
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People edit
- Mohandas K. Gandhi: Add a description of this character.
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
- Mountbatten
- Stafford Cripps
- Mr. Jinnah
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Leo Amery
- Winston S. Churchill
- Pethick-lawrence
- Clement Attlee
- Sardar Patel
- Jenkins
- Muslim
- Roosevelt
- Auchinleck
- Liaquat Ali Khan
- Ismay
- Tara Singh
- H. M. G.
- Rajendra Prasad
- Johnson
- Abdullah
- Suhrawardy
- Colville
- George Abell
- Anthony Eden
- Glancy
- Vallabhbhai Patel
- Dickie
Setting & Locations edit
- British India
- East Pakistan
- East Punjab
- West Bengal
- Linlithgow
- Kashmir
- Great Britain
- London
- New Delhi
- Calcutta
- Lahore
- Bombay
- Simla
- Bihar
- Amritsar
- Singapore
- England
- Azad
- South Asia
- Karachi
- Japan
- United States
- Burma
- Hindustan
- Washington
- America
- East Bengal
- Whitehall
- Europe
- Madras
- Jammu
- Sind
- Hyderabad
- Pune
- Germany
- Srinagar
- Rawalpindi
- Halifax
- Islam
- Bangladesh
- Partition
- West Punjab
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stanley A. Wolpert (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 954.0359
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Europe › England › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › History › Asia › India
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
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