Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia Teachers Guide Author Name : David Watson

Author Name : David Watson / Helen Williams

the spirit of Islam instead of the outward forms of various religious rites

No of Pages : 159

Subject : Islamic Studies

Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia Teachers Guide Author Name : David WatsonAuthor Name : Sam Dalrymple A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait were bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the 'Indian Empire', or more simply as the Raj. It was the British Empire's crown jewel, a vast dominion stretching from the