Our series on the history of the Cold War period continues with a documentary on the partition of India in 1947 and the subsequent creation of the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

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Sources:
Dhulipala, Venkat. (2015) Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India.
Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śekhara (2004), From Plassey to partition: a history of modern India, Delhi: Orient Blackswan.
Brown, Judith M. (1994) Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy.
Markovits, Claude (2004), A History of Modern India, 1480–1950.