The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan

by Dilip Hiro

Book Overview

The partitioning of British India into independent Pakistan and India in August 1947 occurred in the midst of communal holocaust, with Hindus and Sikhs on one side and Muslims on the other. More than 750,000 people were butchered, and 12 million fled their homes -- primarily in caravans of bullock-carts -- to seek refuge across the new border: it was the largest exodus in history. Sixty-seven years later, it is as if that August never ended.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568587341
• ISBN13: 9781568587349
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Bold Type Books
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 9.3"