The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-1947

by Anita Inder Singh

Britain's transfer of power to India and Pakistan in August of 1947 was a cataclysmic event in modern history. Anita Inder Singh shows that although long-term strategic interests of Britain were against partition, short-term tactics encouraged this major act of decolonization.

280 pages, Hardcover

First published December 24, 1987

About the author

Anita Inder Singh is one of the founding Professors of the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Jamia Millia Islamia, a Muslim university in New Delhi. Prior to that she was a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and has taught International Relations at Oxford University. She has also been a Fellow at the Swedish Institute for International Affairs in Stockholm, and worked for the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues in Geneva.