BOOK

Shattered lands : five partitions and the making of modern Asia

Dalrymple, Sam, author

2025

Overview

We think of the Raj as controlling only India and Pakistan, and its breakup happening in August 1947. In reality, a quarter of the world's population was ruled by the Viceroy from New Delhi, in a single market/rupee-currency zone that spread from the Red Sea to the borders of Thailand - an empire within an empire that included Burma, parts of Yemen, and most of the Gulf states like Dubai. The breakup of this single 'Indian Empire' created almost all of the conflicts which plague Asia today. These include civil wars in Burma and Sri Lanka, the ongoing insurgencies in Kashmir, Baluchistan and North East India, the Iranian Revolution, the rise of the Taliban, and most recently the Rohingya genocide. The partitions under the microscope in this book are the Partition of Burma, the Great Partition, the Partition of Princely India, the Partition of Arabia, and the Partition of Pakistan.

• Publisher: William Collins
• Subject: Geopolitics Asia History 20th century. / History. / Asia History 20th century. / Asia Boundaries History 20th century. / Asia Politics and government 20th century. / Great Britain Colonies Asia.
• ISBN: 9780008466817

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