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Jaspal Singh Sidhu

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punjab 1947 bloodied and partitioned by competing nationalisms

Punjab 1947: Bloodied and Partitioned by Competing Nationalisms

A rare contemporary report reveals how the Muslim League, Akalis, RSS and Hindu Mahasabha used armed bands to exterminate minorities in targeted areas in their ongoing power struggle – aided by an administration geared not to stop the riots but to spread them.