Partition of Punjab

A look at pre-1947 leadership of Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus

Posted on February 24, 2009. Filed under: Analytical Essays, Partition of Punjab | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

PARTITION AND SIKH LEADERSHIP

Harbinder Pal Singh*
[* A Lawyer of Allahabad High Court of Uttar Pardesh State of India. The article is reproduced from Abstracts of Sikh Studies, Jan-Mar 2000.]

Introduction
The creation of Pakistan, which involved the partition of erstwhile India, was the achievement of a single man, namely, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who was [...]

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Arnold Toynbee on Partition of Punjab

Posted on February 12, 2008. Filed under: Partition of Punjab | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

From Arnold Toynbee’s East to West — A Journey Round the World
Oxford University Press, London, 1958, pp. 121-23
Amritsar and Lahore
Minnesotan reader, imagine, if you can, that the perversity of human nature has split your splendid state in two by driving an international frontier in between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Imagine that every Catholic [...]

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Partition of Punjab & the Sikh Leaders

Posted on January 28, 2008. Filed under: Book Reviews, Partition of Punjab | Tags: , , , , , , , |

[Reproduced from Abstracts of Sikh Studies, Jan-Mar 1998]
Punjab Da Batwara Te Sikh Neta
Reviewed by Tharam Singh
by Kirpal Singh
Published by Singh Brothers, Bazar Mai Sewan, Amritsar
Pages: 113; Price: Rs. 60/-
Language: Punjabi
This small book is in hard cover which has a pleasing design. The author has based it on the series of articles [...]

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