Patel, Sardar 35, 59, 61, 64, 85, 103, 106
Pathans 19, 48, 55, 67, 75, 78, 80, 159, 244–6
Patiala state 19
People’s Age 8, 9
People’s Health Centre (NGO) 253
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) 118, 130–2
Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) xxxi
Peshawar 141, 290
Pethick-Lawrence, Lord Frederick 1–2, 4
Pham Van Dong 124
Philip of Greece (Prince Philip) 66
Philippines 252
Phizo, Angami Zapu xxxii, 205
Pondicherry xxxii, 61, 124
Poonch 70–3, 75, 79–80: see also Jammu and Kashmir
Portugal, Portuguese 61, 124, 130
Powers, Gary 144
Prabhakaran, Velupillai 214, 216
Prachanda, Comrade 262–3
Praja Parishad 88–9
princely states 27, 103, 118, 185, 202: absorbed into India xxxii, 30, 59, 61, 87, 104–7; and Cabinet Mission plan 3; Darling’s passage through 11–15, 16–20; description 21–5; plight of Meos in 35, 40; joined to Pakistan 38; Mountbatten’s handling of 59–60, 63, 66–7, 85, 106; diverse interests concerning 61; contested 63–4, 68, 85; formed into confederations 105–7; see also Hyderabad; Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir
Pune (Poona) 231
Punjab (India) xxvii, 8, 40, 304: economic situation 13; as heart of Sikh kingdom 16; British departure from 40; boundary lines drawn 40–1; population interchange 42, 49–50; military ethos 47–8; tensions in 71–2, 130, 201–2; infrastructure 141–2; migration, diaspora and remittances 200–3; Sikh unrest in 223–30; attack on Golden Temple 227–30; and ‘Operation Blue Star’ 230–5; Accord with India 239–42
Punjab (Pakistan) xxvii, 18, 42, 141–2, 158–9
Purana Qila fort 53
Quit India movement 7, 71
Quit Kashmir movement 71
Qureshis 11
Radcliffe, Sir Cyril 40–2, 49, 137
Rae Bareilly 148–9, 152–3, 184, 206
Rahman, Mujibur 300: electoral victory xxxiii, 157–8; arrested and tried 99, 155, 162; and Six Point plan 154, 158–61, 203; recognition of government-in-exile 167–8; revisits Pakistan 169; government of 170–3; assassination 173
Rahman, Ziaur 199: issues declaration of Bangladesh independence 162; as Chief Martial Law Administrator 173; and migration to Gulf states 199; stresses Muslim credentials 204; military rule 250–1; sets up SAARC 299–300; assassination 251
Rajapakse, Mahinda 301
Rajasthan xxvii, 177, 284
Rakhi Bahini 172
Ramachandran, M.G. 215
Ramayana 270–2, 276
Rangoon 129
Rangpur province 171
Rann of Kutch 145
Rao, Narasimha 277, 279–80, 284, 292–3, 295
Rashtrapati Bhawan 3, 37, 53
rath yatra 276–80
Rawalpindi 74, 95, 137, 141, 177, 286
Razakars 85
Reagan, Ronald 293
Rehman, Teresa 222
Reliance Industries 294
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Indian Intelligence 161, 237
Rohtak 44
Roy, Dr B.C. 50
Royal Nepalese Army 258
RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) xxxi, 83–5, 89, 205–6, 220, 222, 269, 276, 280, 282
Saikia, Hiteswar 221
Salazar, Antonio 124, 131
Sangh Parivar (Family Association of patriotic Hindu organisations) 269–70, 273, 278–9, 281, 283
Saudi Arabia 199
Saurashtra (Gujarat) 21, 60
Scheduled Castes (SCs) 276
Schofield, Victoria 73
Segal, Ronald 150
Shah Bano affair (1985) 267–70
Shah, Ghulam Mohammad 232–3, 236
Shaikh, Farzana 93
sharia law 19, 248
Sharif, Nawaz 246, 250, 285, 287–90, 307–9
Shastri, Lal Bahadur 137, 149
Shiv Sena xxxi
Sihanouk, Prince Norodom 124, 258
Sikh Regiment 230–1
Sikh Students’ Association 240
Sikhs 15–17, 197, 202–3, 223–35, 240
Sikkim xxxiii, 61, 125, 185–90
Silva, K.M. de 214, 216
Simla 3–4, 169, 202
Sind xxvii, 64, 94, 109, 158, 167, 176, 178
Sindis 245–6
Singh, Maharajah Hari 71–6, 80–1, 83, 87–9
Singh, Karan 88
Singh, Khushwant 241
Singh, Manmohan 57, 291–5
Singh, Shahbeg (Shubeg) 228–30
Singh, Vishwanath Pratap 238, 274–6
Singh, Zail 225, 228
Sinha, Chief Justice 190
Sinhala-only Act (Sri Lanka 1961) 214
Sino–Indian war (1962) 131–5, 144, 159
Sino–Nepal alliance (1962) 131
Sino–Pak agreement (1963–64) 135–6
Socialist Party 148
South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) 300
South Asian University 300
South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) 125, 138, 144
Soviet Union 95, 116, 125, 133–4, 146, 164
Sri Lanka: migration, diaspora and remittances xxii, xxxi, 150, 200, 215–17; and China xxxi; independence (1948) 36; and India 67, 215–18; ethno-linguistic and ideological challenges 116; hosts Asian heads of government (1954) 123; and Pakistan 165; Tamil war and unrest 210–18, 236; historical background 211; citizenship in 212; language and identity in 212–13; accepts Indian peacekeeping force 235–6, 273; war crimes in 301
Srinagar 58–9, 71, 75–6, 80, 90, 161, 233, 281, 290
States’ Reorganisation Committee 110
Stevenson, Adlai 89
Suharto, President 131
Suhrawardy, Husayn Shaheed 47, 50, 96, 154
Sukarno, President 124
Summit Conference of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) 299–302
Sundarbans xvii–xx, 56
Sunday (newspaper) 266
Swat 19, 22
Sylhet (East Pakistan) xxix, 64, 140, 199
Symonds, Richard 46, 53, 72
Syndicate, the 149, 151, 153, 202
Taiwan xxxiv
Taj Mahal Hotel (Bombay/Mumbai) 282
Taliban xxxii, 19, 306–8
Tamil Nadu 110–11, 150, 204, 213, 215–17
Tamils, Sri Lankan: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) xxxi, 214–16, 236, 273, 275, 300; diaspora 150; Tamil Students’ Federation 214; Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) 214–15, 223; war and unrest 210–18, 236
Tashkent Declaration (1966) 146, 149
Tawang 132
terrorism, terrorists xix, xxi, xxxii, 9, 57, 66, 138, 154, 172, 180, 215–16, 226–30, 238–9, 241, 260, 281–3, 290, 300, 305–6
Texas Instruments 294–5
Tezpur 133
Thatcher, Margaret 233, 293
Tibet xxxiv, 16, 60, 69–70, 118, 120, 122–3, 126–8, 165, 185, 292
Times of India 38, 57, 129
Tipaimukh 254
Tista river xx, 254
Travancore (Kerala) 22, 63
Treaty of Peace and Friendship (Nepal–India 1950) 119–20
Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Co-operation (Indo–Soviet 1971) 164
Tribhuvan, King 119, 121
Tripura (Tipperah) xxii, 46, 155, 272
Trivandrum 115
Tully, Mark 225–6, 231, 293
U Nu 124
ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) 223
Union Carbide 285–6
United Front 99, 216
United Nations 81–3, 85, 90, 120, 131, 146, 166, 171: UN Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) 83, 87; UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 59, 87, 90; UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) 262; UN Security Council 82
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) 291, 29
2, 295
United Provinces (UP) 14–15, 28, 70, 94, 190, 273, 277
United States 95, 133, 135, 142, 144–5, 177, 181, 201, 216, 278, 285
USS Enterprise 133
Uttar Pradesh xxvii, 297
Vadodara (Baroda) 282
Vajpayee, Atul Behari 207, 280, 283, 286–91, 295, 309
Van Schendel, William xx
Vancouver 231, 234
Varanasi (Benares) 108, 231, 279
Vayudoot (low-cost airline) 294
Veja-no-ness 21–2
VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) 269–71, 273–4, 278–80
Vietnam 124, 144
Viewpoint 246
Wavell, Lord 2, 7, 10–11
West Bengal xix, xxii, xxvii, 42, 48– 51, 55–6, 97, 116, 150, 186, 272
West Pakistan 44, 53, 64, 96, 99–100, 141–2, 145, 158–60; see also Pakistan
World Bank 138–9, 171, 199
Xinjiang 69, 126
Yaghistan 67, 73
Yahya Khan, General Agha Muhammad: at round-table talks 155; imposes martial law 157; sets up Legal Framework Order 157–8; post-election negotiations 160–1; and ‘Operation Searchlight’ 161; relations with US 164; and war with India 167; c edes presidency to Ali Bhutto 168
Yunus, Muhammad 243
Zardari, Asif Ali 291, 307–9
Zhou Enlai 111, 123–4, 126–7, 129, 132
Zia, Khaleda 251–2, 278
Ziaul Haq, General Mohammed xxxiii, 93, 216, 236: coup (1977) 179–81; and migration to Gulf states 199; and Muslim ideology 204; and Sindi nationalists 245; achievements 266–7; and Pakistan as Islamist state 245–51; death 286
Zinkin, Taya 54, 97, 114
Ziring, Lawrence 174
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