Podcast: The partition of India: an ‘evil act’ or ‘rush to grant independence’?

Press/Media: Research

Description

  • Aston University academic discusses need to understand what resulted in up to two million deaths
  • The partition formed part of a global pattern of expanding nation-states, fitting populations to borders, and decolonisation throughout the 20th century
  • Debate now needed to find ways to accommodate human diversity rather than pulling people apart
Period10 Aug 2022

Media contributions

1

Media contributions

  • TitlePodcast: The partition of India: an ‘evil act’ or ‘rush to grant independence’?
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletSociety matters podcast
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/Size24:09 minutes
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date10/08/22
    Description- Aston University academic discusses need to understand what resulted in up to two million deaths

    - The partition formed part of a global pattern of expanding nation-states, fitting populations to borders, and decolonisation throughout the 20th century

    - Debate now needed to find ways to accommodate human diversity rather than pulling people apart
    Producer/AuthorAston University
    URLhttps://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/podcast-partition-india-evil-act-or-rush-grant-independence
    PersonsVolker Prott
View all 1
View less

Keywords

  • Partition
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • British Empire