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Punjab by Gandhi, Rajmohan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Punjab about?
An unprecedented historical account of undivided Punjab, from the death of Aurangzeb to the Partition. For centuries, the fertile land of five rivers in the north of the Indian subcontinent was coveted by numerous empires and invaders. In this, the first major account of undivided Punjab, award-winning historian, biographer and scholar, Rajmohan Gandhi, gives us its history during its most tumultuous phase from the death of Aurangzeb, in the early eighteenth century, to its brutal partition in 1947, coinciding with the departure of the British. Relying on fresh sources as well as previous accounts provided from opposing perspectives, the author fashions a compelling narrative about the great events of the time in the region - the battles and tragedies that routinely disrupted the lives of ordinary Punjabis, the sacking of iconic cities like Lahore, Amritsar, Multan and Jalandhar by a succession of conquerors, the ravages wrought by invaders like Nadir Shah, the rise of the Sikhs culminating in the storied reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Britain's successful wars against the Sikh kingdom, the Great Rebellion of 1857 and its effect on Punjab, imperialist machinations, the influence o
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Gandhi, Rajmohan
- Publisher
- Aleph Book Company
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Contemporary Fiction, Social_sciences
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (199 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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