Author: Sean Martin McQuade
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796000647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Even though this book Almost Tomorrow is fictional, it is based upon the life story of an Anglo-Indian lady from Goa prepartition of India oriented around 1947 and, there afterwards, includes tales of the lives of her extended family. Parveen and her younger sister Bulbul had, through no fault of their own, ended up trapped for life as bonded labourers in the brick-kiln industry in Pakistan. Their drama began at an early age when their family moved from Goa to a small railway town called Kamoke situated in rural Punjab. The years just after World War 2, with the partition of the Indian subcontinent and the formation of Pakistan and India as separate independent nations, came into being. An account of one single massacre in the Kamoke railway station provides the reader with a window into what might possibly have happened to a portion of approximately 1.5 million people who were murdered or killed during the mayhem. Also, that year, the mighty British Raj was preparing to finalise their occupation of the Indian subcontinent and return to Great Britain. They had repulsed a Japanese massive attempt to invade Northeast India from Burma. The British army, along with the support of a couple of Indian regiments and American air support, suppressed the advance. One of Lord Louis Mountbatten’s chief contribution was to coordinate the partition on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. He also was responsible for drawing up the new international (Radcliffe Line) boundary between the two new countries. The agreement went ahead on the 14–15 August 1947 in the company of Prime Minister Nehru representing India and Jinnah, the ‘Quaid-E-Azam’ (Founder of the Nation), representing Pakistan.
Almost Tomorrow
Author: Sean Martin McQuade
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796000647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Even though this book Almost Tomorrow is fictional, it is based upon the life story of an Anglo-Indian lady from Goa prepartition of India oriented around 1947 and, there afterwards, includes tales of the lives of her extended family. Parveen and her younger sister Bulbul had, through no fault of their own, ended up trapped for life as bonded labourers in the brick-kiln industry in Pakistan. Their drama began at an early age when their family moved from Goa to a small railway town called Kamoke situated in rural Punjab. The years just after World War 2, with the partition of the Indian subcontinent and the formation of Pakistan and India as separate independent nations, came into being. An account of one single massacre in the Kamoke railway station provides the reader with a window into what might possibly have happened to a portion of approximately 1.5 million people who were murdered or killed during the mayhem. Also, that year, the mighty British Raj was preparing to finalise their occupation of the Indian subcontinent and return to Great Britain. They had repulsed a Japanese massive attempt to invade Northeast India from Burma. The British army, along with the support of a couple of Indian regiments and American air support, suppressed the advance. One of Lord Louis Mountbatten’s chief contribution was to coordinate the partition on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. He also was responsible for drawing up the new international (Radcliffe Line) boundary between the two new countries. The agreement went ahead on the 14–15 August 1947 in the company of Prime Minister Nehru representing India and Jinnah, the ‘Quaid-E-Azam’ (Founder of the Nation), representing Pakistan.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796000647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Even though this book Almost Tomorrow is fictional, it is based upon the life story of an Anglo-Indian lady from Goa prepartition of India oriented around 1947 and, there afterwards, includes tales of the lives of her extended family. Parveen and her younger sister Bulbul had, through no fault of their own, ended up trapped for life as bonded labourers in the brick-kiln industry in Pakistan. Their drama began at an early age when their family moved from Goa to a small railway town called Kamoke situated in rural Punjab. The years just after World War 2, with the partition of the Indian subcontinent and the formation of Pakistan and India as separate independent nations, came into being. An account of one single massacre in the Kamoke railway station provides the reader with a window into what might possibly have happened to a portion of approximately 1.5 million people who were murdered or killed during the mayhem. Also, that year, the mighty British Raj was preparing to finalise their occupation of the Indian subcontinent and return to Great Britain. They had repulsed a Japanese massive attempt to invade Northeast India from Burma. The British army, along with the support of a couple of Indian regiments and American air support, suppressed the advance. One of Lord Louis Mountbatten’s chief contribution was to coordinate the partition on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. He also was responsible for drawing up the new international (Radcliffe Line) boundary between the two new countries. The agreement went ahead on the 14–15 August 1947 in the company of Prime Minister Nehru representing India and Jinnah, the ‘Quaid-E-Azam’ (Founder of the Nation), representing Pakistan.
Machinery
Author: Lester Gray French
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Machine-tools
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Machine-tools
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Woman's Home Companion
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
An Outline of Christianity: Christianity today and tomorrow
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Machinery
Author: Fred Herbert Colvin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
Almost Tomorrow
Author: Michael McGahey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Musical Advance
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Public Health, Michigan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Public Health
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Michigan's Health
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description