COMMENTS ON THE BOOK: Dr. Shamsul Islam has written the most neglected chapter in the history of the Indian freedom struggle: on Muslims who were opposed to the Partition of India. Based on ground-breaking research it is an outstanding... more
COMMENTS ON THE BOOK:
Dr. Shamsul Islam has written the most neglected chapter in the history of the Indian freedom struggle: on Muslims who were opposed to the Partition of India. Based on ground-breaking research it is an outstanding contribution which should set the record straight in great measure. [Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor Emeritus Stockholm University]
This important study on the Partition of India based on contemporary original sources suggests that in 1940-2 there was more support among Muslims for an undivided India than for the Pakistan option. The failure to remember voices, such as that of Allah Bakhsh, who opposed two-nation theory vehemently and paid with his life for this belief, has helped the Hindutva camp to divert attention from its own commitment to the two- nation theory. [Dr. Richard Bonney, Professor Emeritus University of Leicester]
Dr. Shamsul Islam’s book is a very timely intervention in the debate about the role of Muslims in India’s Partition. Relying on contemporary documents, he quashes the popular myth that India’s Partition was due to Muslims. He deserves all the credit for demolishing the two-nation theory and upholding the values of composite Indian nationalism, which majority of Indian Muslims adhered to. [Dr. Ram Puniyani]
Muslims against Partition who attempted to keep India undivided and paid with their lives for Hindu-Muslim unity have been written out of history in official Pakistani discourse for obvious reasons. More shockingly, they were written out of Indian history as well. It is this glaring missing chapter that Shamsul Islam’s matter-of-fact, meticulously researched and immensely readable book, gloriously fills. It exposes the unity between Hindu and Muslims communalists as believers in the two-nation theory. [Anand Patwardhan renowned author & film-maker]
4th revised edition (2021) of the book is available.
Muslims Against Partition of India can be bought online in India: http://imojo.in/xkdv8
Link for buying:
https://pharosmedia.com/books/product/9788172210922/
This book is presently available in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi and Bengali too.
1. Muslims Against Partition of India: The Untold Story of Allah Bakhsh and Other Patriotic Muslims (3rd Edition)
INR 295.00
https://pharosmedia.com/books/product/9788172210922/
2.भारत-विभाजन विरोधी मुसलमान (Hindi) Bharat-Vibhajan Virodhi Musalmaan (1st Edition)
INR 300.00
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3. Taqseem-e-Hind Ke Mukhalif Musalmaan (Urdu) تقسیمِ ہند کے مخالف مسلمان
INR 350.00
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4. Bharat Bhang Virodhi Muslim Janmat (Bengali edition of MUSLIMS AGAINST PARTITION OF INDIA)
INR 300.00
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Dr. Shamsul Islam has written the most neglected chapter in the history of the Indian freedom struggle: on Muslims who were opposed to the Partition of India. Based on ground-breaking research it is an outstanding contribution which should set the record straight in great measure. [Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor Emeritus Stockholm University]
This important study on the Partition of India based on contemporary original sources suggests that in 1940-2 there was more support among Muslims for an undivided India than for the Pakistan option. The failure to remember voices, such as that of Allah Bakhsh, who opposed two-nation theory vehemently and paid with his life for this belief, has helped the Hindutva camp to divert attention from its own commitment to the two- nation theory. [Dr. Richard Bonney, Professor Emeritus University of Leicester]
Dr. Shamsul Islam’s book is a very timely intervention in the debate about the role of Muslims in India’s Partition. Relying on contemporary documents, he quashes the popular myth that India’s Partition was due to Muslims. He deserves all the credit for demolishing the two-nation theory and upholding the values of composite Indian nationalism, which majority of Indian Muslims adhered to. [Dr. Ram Puniyani]
Muslims against Partition who attempted to keep India undivided and paid with their lives for Hindu-Muslim unity have been written out of history in official Pakistani discourse for obvious reasons. More shockingly, they were written out of Indian history as well. It is this glaring missing chapter that Shamsul Islam’s matter-of-fact, meticulously researched and immensely readable book, gloriously fills. It exposes the unity between Hindu and Muslims communalists as believers in the two-nation theory. [Anand Patwardhan renowned author & film-maker]
4th revised edition (2021) of the book is available.
Muslims Against Partition of India can be bought online in India: http://imojo.in/xkdv8
Link for buying:
https://pharosmedia.com/books/product/9788172210922/
This book is presently available in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi and Bengali too.
1. Muslims Against Partition of India: The Untold Story of Allah Bakhsh and Other Patriotic Muslims (3rd Edition)
INR 295.00
https://pharosmedia.com/books/product/9788172210922/
2.भारत-विभाजन विरोधी मुसलमान (Hindi) Bharat-Vibhajan Virodhi Musalmaan (1st Edition)
INR 300.00
https://pharosmedia.com/books/product/9788172211066/
3. Taqseem-e-Hind Ke Mukhalif Musalmaan (Urdu) تقسیمِ ہند کے مخالف مسلمان
INR 350.00
https://pharosmedia.com/books/product/9788172211073/
4. Bharat Bhang Virodhi Muslim Janmat (Bengali edition of MUSLIMS AGAINST PARTITION OF INDIA)
INR 300.00
K P BAGCHI & COMPANY
286, B. B. Ganguli Street, Kolkata-700 012
E: kpbagchi@gmail.com; W: www.kpbagchi.com; Phone : 2236-7474, 2236-9496
