The Partition of India – Part 6: The Spent Bullet

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Zach Cornwell

Education, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

As a plot to assassinate Mohandas Gandhi unfolds, the Mahatma goes to existential lengths to reconcile India’s Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities. Meanwhile, a shadow war erupts between India and Pakistan over the picturesque kingdom of Kashmir, threatening the future of both nations. Jawaharlal Nehru bids farewell to friends, a lover, and the innocence of the nation he must now lead. A dying Muhammed Ali Jinnah reflects on his choices. Sources: Akbar, M.J. Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. 2011. Tharoor, Shashi. Nehru: The Invention of India. 2003. Tharoor, Shashi. Inglorious Empire: What The British Did To India. 2017. Khan, Yasmin. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. 2007. Guha, Ramachandra. Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World. 2018. Collins, Larry; Lapierre, Dominique. Freedom at Midnight. 1975. Sarila, Narendra Singh. The Shadow of the Great Game. 2005. Charles Rivers Editors. The Punjab. 2018. Charles Rivers Editors. British India. 2017. Puri, Kavita. Partition Voices: Untold British Stories. 2019. Malhotra, Aanchal. Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects From A Continent Divided. 2017. Von Tunzelmann, Alex. Indian Summer. 2007. Zakaria, Anam. The Footprints of Partition. 2015. Ahmed Akbar. Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity. 1997. Urvashi, Butalia. The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. 1998. White-Spunner, Barney. Partition. 2017. Lawrence, James. Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India. 1997. Hamdani, Yasser Latif. Jinnah: A Life. 2020. Fischer, Louis. Gandhi. 1950. Kidwai, Anis. In Freedom’s Shade. 2011. Saxena, Chandni. “ON RELIGION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN DURING PARTITION OF INDIA.” 2014. “India: A People Partitioned” Broadcast on the BBC World Service, 1997. Compiled and presented by Andrew Whitehead, producer Zina Rohan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Conflicted, the history podcast where we talk about the struggles that shaped us,
0:05.8	the tough questions that they pose, and why we should care about any of it.
0:10.0	Conflicted is a member of the Evergreen Podcast Network. And as always, I'm your host, Zach Cornwell.
0:15.8	You are listening to the sixth and final installment of a limited series on the partition of India.
0:23.1	Well, guys, this is it.
0:25.2	It's been a long, arduous road, but by God, we did it.
0:28.6	We finally reached the conclusion of this absolute Leviathan of a topic.
0:33.5	So if you're still here, if you're still with me at the stage and the story,
0:37.1	I want to extend a very sincere thank you.
0:40.0	Not only for your patience between episodes, but your enthusiasm for the show.
0:44.7	This particular series has prompted a flood of wonderful messages from listeners all over the world,
0:50.2	and I got to tell you, that's really the fuel that keeps this train chugging along.
0:54.5	So once again, thank you for your kindness and your continued support.
0:59.0	Today's episode is definitely on the longer side, so I'll keep the preamble to a bare minimum.
1:04.0	In the last episode of this series, a crisis made flesh, we took a slight narrative detour
1:10.1	to explore the ways that partition violence
1:12.3	fell especially hard on women. And although we did briefly check in with characters like
1:17.2	Mohandas Gandhi and Javaharlal Nairu, we didn't really get to spend much time with the rest of our
1:22.1	cast. Well, in this episode, we are returning to our core narrative and the whole gang is here.
1:33.3	Mohamed Ali Jinnah, the Mountbatten's, javaharlalneru and of course gandhi there are many many different ways to approach the subject of partition but for me the human drama is
1:39.3	what really makes this topic tick and today we will continue to explore the ways in which these complex,
1:45.5	multifaceted people shaped the future of a subcontinent, for better or worse.
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