The Great Partition

The Great Partition (2007) The story of how British India was divided into two separate nations in 1947 exposes the human cost of political decisions made under impossible pressure. Drawing on survivor testimonies and historical records, it demonstrates how centuries of coexistence on the subcontinent collapsed into communal violence and permanent separation 

• History buffs interested in 20th-century decolonization and the end of the British Empire
• Current affairs followers trying to understand the historical roots of contemporary India-Pakistan tensions
• Anyone who enjoys accessible historical narratives that connect past events to present-day issues

Yasmin Khan is Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Kellogg College, where she specializes in British Empire history, South Asian decolonization, and the aftermath of empire. Her major works include The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War and two novels, Edgware Road and Overland. She has won the Gladstone Prize for history from the Royal Historical Society and has been longlisted for prestigious awards including the Orwell Prize and the PEN Hesell-Tiltman Prize.