The partition omnibus

"The partition of India was perhaps the one significant event in the modern history of South Asia that not only rewrote the fixture of the subcontinent by redefining religious, cultural and territorial boundaries, but also unleashed a series of forces that continue to vex South Asian politics even today. The Partition Omnibus brings together, for the first time, four authoritative readings on the genesis and development of the idea of Partition, its inevitability, the upheaval that followed the creation of Pakistan, and the attendant problems of nationalism and decolonization." "In the first book, Prelude to Partition, David Page explores, with an eye on Indian Muslim politics in the 1920s, the various forces that set the scene for the emergence of the Pakistan movement.^ In a significant line of enquiry, he discusses how Muslim rule in Punjab and Bengal became a real possibility with the Communal Award, which in turn was an outcome of the constitutional reforms of 1920." "The second book, The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-1947, investigates the act of decolonization by the British and its far-reaching consequences for their international status. In this work, Anita Inder