Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition

By Nisid Hajari

Categories: History

Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition (2015) is a book by journalist Nisid Hajari. Hajari tells the story of the 1947 partition of British India, the mass violence that followed and how it shaped the enduring rivalry between India and Pakistan. He focuses on the decisions of leaders including Nehru, Jinnah and Mountbatten in the months when the subcontinent split.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book of the week is "Midnight's Furies: the Deadly Legacy of India's Partition" by Nisid Hajari. The partition of India, which created India and Pakistan, is one of those historic events that remains searingly relevant today. It's one of the causes of the rise of Islamic radicalism, Jihadis in general, the Taliban in particular. It is also behind the dangerous rivalry between two nuclear armed powers that have three times gone to war. Hajari explores the roots of this tension in a beautifully written, deeply intelligent book about that crucial moment when Britain once again drew bad borders with calamitous consequences.”