Women against the Raj : female freedom fighters in the struggle for India's independence and partition
Gardner, Chloë2024
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This is the story of the women from the Indian Subcontinent who fought against British imperial power from the 1600s until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. It begins by looking at the Partition of India, and the unique impact this had on women who - in addition to the displacement and violence which affected millions of South Asians, suffered uniquely through a campaign of rape, abduction, and forced suicides which left a lasting impact on the souls of women from every community. It then seeks to shine a light on the often-forgotten story of these women - who were not just passive victims of British, and later, communal violence, but who fought alongside (or sometimes at the head of) their male counterparts to secure the fall of the British Raj and the independence of their own nation.
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Author:
Gardner, Chloë, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2024.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399066211 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
954.03082954.03 GARD
Language:
English
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BRN:
2744121
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