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Forum: India
May 10th 2017, 6:02 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,442
Posted By scot47

Re: The Viceroy's House

Dalyrmple is a high-caste Scot of aristocratic background with politics to match, but he can WRITE !
Forum: India
May 4th 2017, 9:06 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,442
Posted By scot47

Re: The Viceroy's House

Partition created more problems than it solved. that was also true in Ireland wheer it divided the 32-county State, and in Cyprus. It did not help much in Mandate Palestine either.
Forum: India
May 4th 2017, 9:05 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,442
Posted By scot47

Re: The Viceroy's House

Dalrymple is a serious historian who accesses sources in Urdu and Hindi as well as English. I recommend his works to the interested reader.
Forum: India
May 4th 2017, 4:13 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,442
Posted By scot47

Re: The Viceroy's House

One of the aspects that interested me was the fact that the details of partition and the Line of Control had been worked out long before Mountbatten was appointed. I am not sure if that is...
Forum: India
Apr 8th 2017, 7:45 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,442
Posted By scot47

The Viceroy's House

I saw this film recently and was surprised that it does present a reasonable picture of the chaos of Partition. Perhaps a bit too kind to Mountbatten and the imperial rulers of the Raj. Not at all...
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