Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition /

Hajari, Nisid

Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition / Nisid Hajari. - Gurgaon : Viking Penguin Books, 2015. - xxii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-311) and index.

Prologue: a train to Pakistan -- Fury -- Jinnah and Jawaharlal -- Madhouse -- Pakistan murdabad! -- Indian summer -- Off the rails -- "Stop this madness" -- Ad hoc jihad -- Himalayan Quagmire -- The last battle.

9780670088218 (hbk.)


Jinnah, Mahomed Ali, 1876-1948.
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.


India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.


India--History--Partition, 1947.
Pakistan--History--20th century.

954.042 / HA-M

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