The Partition - A Personal Reflection

Abdullah Yusuf

The Partition - A Personal Reflection

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The 70th anniversary of partition has illuminated the breathtaking events which accompanied the end of British rule in India, and the bloody emergence of India and Pakistan as independent states. In this personal essay, University of Dundee academic Abdullah Yusuf draws upon childhood memories and family discussions to offer a Bangladeshi perspective of partition and the subsequent events which saw East Pakistan become Bangladesh.

Original language	English
No.	3
Specialist publication	CABLE - Scotland's monthly online international affairs magazine
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2017

Keywords

colonialism and post-colonialism
Colonial India
independence
national identity
India
BANGLADESH
Pakistan

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