A Princely Affair : The Accession and Integration of the Princely States of Pakistan, 1947-1955
by Yaqoob Khan Bangash
Published by : Oxford University Press (Karchi) Physical details: xxxviii, 286 Pages 22x14 cm | PB ISBN:9780190708719. Year: 2022| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 954.9104 Y25P 2022 (Browse shelf) | Available | 67990 |
Include Illustrations, Maps, Appendices, Glossary, Bibliography and Index.
On August 15, 1947, West Pakistan was less than half its present size. Nearly a year of negotiations, arguments, threats, and even chance, brought nine princely states into the Pakistani fold. Thereafter followed a long and staggered process of integration.
Using hitherto inaccessible primary sources, this path-breaking book completes the story of the creation of Pakistan. In charting the accession and integration of the princely states, this book shows, for the first time in detail, the complicated and often botched processes of the early consolidation of Pakistan. The problems emanating from this early period, haphazard constitutional integration, weak local political forces, the insurgency in Balochistan since 1948, and a weak sense of national identity and citizenship remain with Pakistan today.
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