The Lessons of 1950: Partition, and the making of the India- Pakistan Dynamic
The years that immediately followed their partition offer many interesting insights into the shaping of the India- Pakistan dynamic. Although both countries went to war over Kashmir within a few months of their independence, there were also parallel processes of collaborative dialogue based on the requirements of state consolidation. A host of issues relating to the position of minorities; their rights and access over property; corresponding decisions on formulating the rules for citizenship, as well as discussions on new frameworks for Inter- Dominion trade and water sharing, were thus the subject of dense negotiation between the governments of India and Pakistan in 1948- 52. These questions have gained renewed relevance and salience in recent years, as the hard-won gains of the partition settlements of 1950 have been subjected to renewed questioning, based on the attempt to rethink the values of the rationale for seeking a peaceful resolution to Partition. In this talk, I would like to explore the lessons that the early 1950s offer us for the building of a collaborative framework of dialogue by two post partition states.
Date: 2 November 2021, 14:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Venue: Online - Zoom
Speaker: Pallavi Raghavan (Ashoka University, Delhi)
Organising department: Asian Studies Centre
Organiser contact email address: pallavi.raghavan@ashoka.edu.in
Part of: Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QMH-xuIoRcqD9nBAAeRgrw
Booking email: asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Public
Editor: Clare Salter