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Why Partition survivors in the US believe it's vital to keep talking about the trauma of 1947

Author(s): 
Kavita Daiya
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Former refugees from both India and Pakistan, who spoke at a recent event, see their experiences reflected in Syrians seeking refuge in Europe.

“An Inglorious End To A Glorious Adventure”

Author(s): 
Irfan Waheed Usmani
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The Historian July-December 2008 (Vol. 6, No. 2)
www.academia.edu/385646/_AN_INGLORIOUS_END_TO_A_GLORIOUS_ADVENTURE_

This paper analyses the background of the Kargil operation along with highlighting the significant developments in Kargil (mis)adventure, which serves as a most glaring example of inconsistency in Pakistan's Kashmir policy. It played a central role in the derailment of Lahore peace process, it was also indicative of the dominance of hawkish elements over doves with respect to Pakistan's Kashmir policy. Failure of Pakistan’s hawkish policy makers to withstand international pressure is evident from the retreat of Pakistani Mujahideen from Kargil.

Bleeding Wound: Analyzing Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy

Author(s): 
Irfan Waheed Usmani
Publisher/Sponsor: 
The Historian January-June 2009 (Volume 7, Number 1)
www.academia.edu/385653/BLEEDING_WOUND_ANALYZING_PAKISTAN_S_KASHMIR_POLICY

This article analyses Pakistan’s Kashmir policy from1989 to 1995. This period constitutes a new phase inPakistan’s Kashmir policy as it was synchronized with the resurgence of Kashmiri resistancemovement. During the previous two decades Kashmir issue was overlooked because Pakistan wasentangled with many other problems, ranging fromcrisis in East Pakistan to the problems arising fromthe Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Therefore,Pakistan was providing only lip service by placingrhetorical emphasis on the UN’s resolutionconcerning Kashmir.

Historicizing Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy

Author(s): 
Irfan Waheed Usmani
Publisher/Sponsor: 
The Historian, Volume 3 July-December 2005 Number 2
www.academia.edu/385642/HISTORICIZING_PAKISTAN_S_KASHMIR_POLICY

This article makes an historical analysis of Pakistani Kashmir policy between 1947-88. Besides providing a synoptic view of the Kashmir policies, pursued by various regimes in Pakistan both civilian and military also provides a thorough insight into all the major developments concerning Kashmir dispute as well as the responses of Pakistani governments’ visà- vis these developments. It contextualizes these main planks of Pakistan’s Kashmir policy by situating historical factors which invariably shaped its main contours.

Partition Diary – a longing for revisiting hometown

Author(s): 
Ahmad Naeem Chishti
Publisher/Sponsor: 
The Dawn
https://www.dawn.com/news/1704204

One planned a year and a half back to record the memories of the elderly persons who witnessed the Partition of India and bore it on their souls. The untold tales of the painful migration of 1947 should reach the common man. We have preserved on YouTube channel called ‘Partition Diary’ the stories of nearly 100 old men who now live in various places of Bahawalnagar and Pakpattan districts of Punjab (Pakistan).

Belief, not bargains: Did Jinnah really want Pakistan?

Author(s): 
Asad Rahim Khan
Publisher/Sponsor: 
The Dawn
https://www.dawn.com/news/1704480/belief-not-bargains-did-jinnah-really-want-pakistan

Seventy-five years on, it is unjust to continue attributing this country to a sleight of hand, rather than the Quaid's supreme will.

75 Years Later, the Fading Ghosts of India’s Bloody Partition

Author(s): 
Mujib Mashal
Hari Kumar
Zia ur-Rehman
Publisher/Sponsor: 
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/world/asia/british-india-partition-hindu-muslim.html

With the passing decades, nationalist fervor and mutual suspicion have largely replaced memories of mass death and displacement during the chaotic cleaving of Pakistan from India.

Why a majority of Muslims opposed Jinnah’s idea of Partition and stayed on in India

Author(s): 
Adrija Roychowdhury
Publisher/Sponsor: 
Indian Express
https://indianexpress.com/article/research/why-a-majority-of-muslims-opposed-jinnahs-idea-of-partition-and-stayed-on-in-india-8090835/

A standard narrative exists about the role of Muslims during the Partition in India, which talks about how the Muslim community, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his Muslim League, stood for the two-nation theory and demanded the Partition of India. Historical documents, however, suggest that a majority of the Muslims opposed the Partition and stayed in India.

Five myths about the partition of British India - and what really happened

Author(s): 
Navtej Purewal
Eleanor Newbigin
Publisher/Sponsor: 
The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/five-myths-about-the-partition-of-british-india-and-what-really-happened-187131

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