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Hodson, H. V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0090971507 ISBN 13: 9780090971503

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1969

Synopsis

On 14 August, 1947, the greatest and most decisive step in the retreat of British imperialism occured - the new nation of Pakistan was created out of the body of India, and Britain's century-long domination over the subcontinent ended. An authoritative account of this crucial event was written by H.V. Hodson, Constitutional Adviser to Viceroy Linlithgow, in 1969. Sixteen years later, Hodson, in an epilogue, summed up the many harsh vicissitudes - political, natural, economic - that beset the two succesor nations, India and Pakistan, in their crucial formative years. Over 50 years on from that great divide, Hodson, in a new introduction, sums up the salient political happenings in the subcontinent in half that century and considers the way in which the transfer of power took place in 1947.

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Review:

"For anyone interested in the fate of South-Asia after half a century of independence, this book is a magnificent fresco of the events leading up to this independence....a most valuable historical document."--Journal of Indo-European Studies

Synopsis:

Hodson looks at the fifty years following the creation of Pakistan which marked the retreat of British Imperialism from India in 1947. Focusing on the political development of this country, it explores the notion that the events of this period were inevitable.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0090971507
• ISBN 13: 9780090971503
• Binding: Hardcover