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100	1		_a Rajmohan Gandhi
245	1	0	_aPunjab : a history from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten
260			_aNew Delhi _bAleph _c2013
300			_a432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ;
520			_aLanguage: EnglishPages: 432 (6 B /W maps and 16 B/w Illustration)About the BookFor 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
650			_aIndia--Punjab
650			_aPakistan--Punjab
942			_cBK
999			_c61938 _d61938