The author, a member of the ics posted at bahawalpur, offers. The contradiction is perfectly captured in the memoir of the marvelously named sir penderel moon, one of the last british administrators in india, who mordantly titled his book divide and quit. Remembering partition violence, nationalism and history in. Divide and quit, penderel moon penderel moon s account of the great partition of south asia reads as an autobiographical narration of the whole incident. An eyewitness account of the partition of india delhi, 1998 nehru, jawaharlal, glimpses of world history, vol. Divide and quit international affairs oxford academic. Narendra singh sarila, the shadow of the great game. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An eye witness account of the partition of india by penderel moon published by chatto and windus, london 1961 this is a classic firsthand account one of the most cataclysmic events of the century, the partition of india. Hodson, following penderel moon, opts for a conservative figure of 2oo,ooo killed, but others would push the. A survey of the punjab riots and rehabilitation problems. Divide and quit colonial service, a man with the irresistible name of sir penderel moon, wrote a book about the end of empire and titled it divide and.
Penderel moon was an ics officer in the british government that ruled india. This is classic firsthand account one of the most cataclysmic events of the century, the partition of india. Attlee, a terse account of the policy of the labour government in as it happened, london, 1954, pp. Association of villages complex of various markets association of merchants unit of administration in a small village 2. The author, a member of the ics posted at bahawalpur.
Mark tully is a journalist and was formerly the bbc correspondent in india. The intentionalist view, not surprisingly, is also popular with pakistani historians. Penderel moon summed up as divide and quit, in a book of the same name, the british policy of pushing partition through without establishing the boundaries of new states or planning for the wars that might ensue. Born in london, he worked in the indian civil services and wrote several books on india, including divide and quit a firsthand account of the communal strife and politics surrounding the partition. An eyewitness account of the partition of india oxford india paperbacks new edition by moon, penderel, tully, mark, raychaudhuri, tapan isbn. Divide and quit, volume 10 penderel moon snippet view 1962. Advertisement that is a harsh verdict and as a child of the raj it gives me no pleasure to support it. This paper will examine poetic responses to the trauma of partition, and will consider both poetry written at the time and since. Sikandar hayat was the son of nawab muhammad hayat khan, csi, of the khattar tribe of wah after initial education at the aligarh school and the mao college at aligarh later to become the aligarh muslim university, he went for higher education to the kings college london. May 22, 2020 finding the resources to bridge the digital divide will have hard costs, but the resulting benefits for todays kids and future generations will far outweigh those costs. Jan 01, 1997 looking back on the 1947 partition of india in 1961, former civil servant penderel moon summed up as divide and quit, in a book of the same name, the british policy of pushing partition through without establishing the boundaries of new states or planning for the wars that might ensue. He was born into the rajput tiwana family of shahpur and his father sir umar hayat khan was a wealthy landowner and soldier who was an elected member of the council of the secretary of state for india. Download quit book pdf epub mobi tuebl and read online books. I will examine how poets deal with the memory of the violence and the resulting legacy of dislocation and alienation.
Sikandar hayat khan simple english wikipedia, the free. March 1948 was again another decisive moment in subcontinental history. He muslims and he partition of india at inde pendence in 1947 into the sovereign states of india and pakistan is one of the more important events of twentiethcentury world his tory. Download quit books for free in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format or read online full quit textbooks in our library. An eyewitness account of the partition of india 1998 gyanendra pandey remembering partition. Mar 04, 2021 where the british empire had earlier pursued a policy of divide and rule, mountbatten, in the changed circumstances, seemed to amend it to mean divide and quit, the term penderel moon used as the title of his excellent book on partition. On returning home, in 1915, he enrolled as an assistant recruiting officer in the punjab, to. Half price books has new and used books, textbooks, music, movies and more both online and in stores. He was born into the tiwana family of shahpur and his father sir umar hayat khan was a wealthy landowner and soldier who was an elected member of the council of the secretary of state for india. Khizar was born at chak muzaffarabadin muslim rajput family, in the district of sargodha, punjab in 1900. Aug 09, 2017 as the distinguished indian civil servant penderel moon put it, britain divided and quit. Pamisahan india wikipedia sunda, ensiklopedi bebas.
Situated on the kathiawar coast 300 miles from pakistan, it had an. An eye witness account of the partition of india london. We pay cash for books, textbooks, cds, lps, videos and dvds daily. Partition and its aftermath in lahore and amritsar 19471957. Khizar was born at chak muzaffarabad, in the district of sargodha, punjab in 1900. Du rga das5 19451947, the cabinet mission to divide and quit many historians consider that the period 19371940 was a decisive one for indias future. Nov 27, 2016 i chanced upon divide and quit by penderel moon. It was a shameful end to the most important project in britains imperial enterprise. The author, a member of the ics posted at bahawalpur, offers an analysis of the partition, describing the manifestations of communal frenzy, the efforts made to stem the terror, and the breakdown of government. Penderel moon on the partition and its aftermath addeddate 20141002 12.
The political evolution of muslims in tamilnadu and madras, 19301947. Prelude to partitionthe origins of the partition of india 19361947 divide and quit stern reckoning. Sir edward penderel moon 19051987 outside his residence at pind dadan khan in a picture taken in 1932. According to ian talbot, the announcement that the british would quit. Which among the following is the correct meaning of a word manigramam used in medieval india. A member of the indian civil service, moon by virtue of his posting in bahawalpur, a princely state adjoining the punjabexamines the politics played out in delhi between the congress and the muslim league, and focuses on the. Tapan raychaudhuri was formerly professor of history at st antonys college, oxford. Situated on the kathiawar coast 300 miles from pakistan, it had an overwhelming hindu population and was part of a crazy quilt of princely territories with fragments embedded within one another. Divide and quit, international affairs, volume 38, issue 2, 1 april 1962, pages 278279. The bharatiya jana sangh bjs, a direct precedent of the bharatiya janata party bjp, the current ruling party which came out of its split, during the 50s and 60s, considered the ultimate aim of indian foreign policy in the region to be the reassimilation of pakistan into an undivided india bharath. It is a gem of a book being a firsthand account one of the most cataclysmic events of the century, the partition of india. This is a classic firsthand account one of the most cataclysmic events of the century, the partition of india.
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