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Reading the Partition of India: A List of Essential Works: References & Edit History

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  • Urnesha Bhattacherjee
    Associate Editor, Britannica India
  • Tamanna Nangia
    Tamanna Nangia is Associate Editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over five years of experience in editorial processes, handling many different aspects of the publishing process: content development, editing, author management, product training, and peer review.

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