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Ilsa

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2. There is a book called Midnight's Furies...

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 10:48 PM

Oct 2016

and a subtitle. It is about just before and then after the division of India. Jinnah, Nehru, Ghandi, and the viceroy Mountbatten and some terrifying sikhs are covered thoroughly.

Jinnah was intelligent, not a devout muslim, educated in England. He smoked and drank alcohol.

Did you know "Pakistan" is sort of an acronym? P - Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind, Baluchistan.

Enjoy the movie. Good book.

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