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Despite major advances in the historiography of the partition, the causes of violence remain poorly understood. Drawing on new archival material, this article argues that violence in the Punjab resulted from the failure of the British Sikh policy from 1939. Mountbatten's complicity in the massacres, and his defence against the allegations, point to a wider policy failure. Systematic blame displacement for the violence onto the Sikhs by the Government of Pakistan, India, Britain, enabled the latter and Mountbatten to avoid responsibility for the consequences of the transfer of power to two highly centralised dominions for religious minorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paul was well ahead of his time in explaining the dynamics of nationality formation as a result of elite choices and explaining this phenomenon in a comparative, India and global context. Paul R. Brass, the doyen of Indian political science in the USA for almost five decades, died at his home in Acme, WA, on 31 May 2022, at the age of 85, with his wife Susan by his side. From the mid-1960s, while he was working on Uttar Pradesh, Paul took a keen interest in developments in the Punjab, and conducted extensive interviews with key participants involved in the Punjabi Suba movement. [Extracted from the article]

THE FIRST SIKH The life and legacy of Guru Nanak NIKKY-GUNINDER KAUR SINGH 264pp. Penguin Random House India. 23.99 [pounds sterling]. On November 12, 2019, thirty years after the fall [...]

India's 50th anniversary of the partition calls upon examination of the causes and consequences of worldwide political change. Partition is reviewed in reference to Ian Lustick's theory of state contraction. State expansion and contraction is examined in reference to Britain and Ireland, France adn Algeria and Israel and the West Bank-Gaza., INTRODUCTION The fiftieth anniversary of the partition of India is likely to be accompanied by renewed calls for a more detailed re-examination of the causes and consequences of the most [...]

The demise of India's Congress system marked the decline of standards in public office which lead to widespread corruption in the government. To solve this problem, the United Front government has implemented an anti-corruption campaign, which was found to be discriminative as it was administered against the government's opposing party. Thus, the Indian people perceive all public officials corrupt regardless of caste, ethnicity, gender or region.