The communal question and partition in British India and Mandate Palestine

Shodhan, Amrita

Abstract

In this chapter, the superficial similarity between the partitions of India and Palestine are probed and examined to reveal the structures of knowledge and the mentalities of governance that treated the populations of the two lands very similarly. It demonstrates the links in British imperial governance of both places, in the context of partition, and asks whether making these connections can give us a new perspective on the divisions that still occupy India-Pakistan and Palestine-Israel today.

Citation

Shodhan, A. (2023). The communal question and partition in British India and Mandate Palestine. In V. Kattan, & A. Ranjan (Eds.), The Breakup of India and Palestine: The causes and legacies of partition (113-137). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526170323.00015

• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2023
• Deposit Date: May 7, 2025
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 113-137
• Series Title: Studies in Imperialism
• Book Title: The Breakup of India and Palestine: The causes and legacies of partition
• Chapter Number: 5
• ISBN: 9781526170316
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526170323.00015