Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten
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An unprecedented historical account of undivided Punjab, from the death of Aurangzeb to the Partition. For centuries, the fertile land of five rivers in the north of the Indian subcontinent was coveted by numerous empires and invaders. In this, the first major account of undivided Punjab, award-winning historian, biographer and scholar, Rajmohan Gandhi, gives us its history during its most tumultuous phase from the death of Aurangzeb, in the early eighteenth century, to its brutal partition in 1947, coinciding with the departure of the British. Relying on fresh sources as well as previous accounts provided from opposing perspectives, the author fashions a compelling narrative about the great events of the time in the region - the battles and tragedies that routinely disrupted the lives of ordinary Punjabis, the sacking of iconic cities like Lahore, Amritsar, Multan and Jalandhar by a succession of conquerors, the ravages wrought by invaders like Nadir Shah, the rise of the Sikhs culminating in the storied reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Britain's successful wars against the Sikh kingdom, the Great Rebellion of 1857 and its effect on Punjab, imperialist machinations, the influence on the people by leaders of the independence movement like Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Lala Lajpat Rai. Book Features: Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is a renowned historian, acclaimed biographer and the award-winning author of numerous books There has never been an attempt to chronicle the history of undivided Punjab since S. M. Latif's History of the Panjab, which was published nearly 125 years ago Likely to appeal to everyone interested in the history of Punjab and readers of books by Khushwant Singh, W. H. McLeod, Patwant Singh, etc The book will be popular with the Punjabi diaspora, which is amongst the largest and most prosperous ethnic immigrant commun
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