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The Longest August

Hardcover • 2015 • English

The Longest August

By Dilip Hiro

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About the book

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.Renowned historian and journalist Dilip Hiro provides a rivet...Show more

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9781568587349

Publisher

Avalon Publishing Group

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

The Longest August

Format

Hardcover

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