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Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948

Every chapter, map and battle — indexed

Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948 is an interactive situation map: 12 guided chapters, 16 dated map states, and 40 battles, turning points and sites of memory, each drawn where it happened. This page is the card catalog — every piece of the atlas as a readable, linkable page.

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THE CHAPTERS

The Raj at High Noon
CHAPTER 1 · JAN 1905
Bengal Cut in Two
CHAPTER 2 · OCT 1905
The Great War’s Price
CHAPTER 3 · NOV 1916
Amritsar — The End of Consent
CHAPTER 4 · APR 1919
Non-Cooperation — The Method Argued
CHAPTER 5 · DEC 1920
Salt
CHAPTER 6 · APR 1930
The Elected Map
CHAPTER 7 · JUL 1937
The War Claims India
CHAPTER 8 · MAR 1940
Quit India — and the Famine
CHAPTER 9 · AUG 1942
The Year of the Knife
CHAPTER 10 · AUG 1946
Freedom at Midnight
CHAPTER 11 · AUG 1947
The Price and the Legacy
CHAPTER 12 · FEB 1948

THE MAP, YEAR BY YEAR

1905OCT 1905DEC 1911APR 1919AUG 1919APR 1930JUL 1937NOV 1939AUG 19421943AUG 1946MAR 1947AUG 1947OCT 1947FEB 1948JAN 1949

BATTLES, EVENTS & SITES OF MEMORY

◆ Baramulla◆ Bihar◆ Birla House — Gandhi is killed● Bombay — Jinnah rebuilds the League● Bombay — the naval mutiny● Calcutta — Swadeshi◆ Calcutta — the Great Killing● Calcutta — the capital● Champaran — Gandhi’s first satyagraha● Chauri Chaura● Colombo — Ceylon, quietly● Dacca — the Muslim League is founded● Dandi — the salt is lifted● Delhi — freedom at midnight● Delhi — the durbar ground● Dharasana salt works● Gowalia Tank — “Quit India”● Hyderabad stands apart◆ Jallianwala Bagh● Junagadh● Karachi — Pakistan is born✕ Kohima — the war at India’s door● Lahore — the Pakistan Resolution● Lucknow — the pact● Madras — Congress takes office◆ Malabar, 1921● Nagpur — Congress adopts Non-Cooperation● New Delhi — one man declares war◆ Noakhali● Poona — the pact with Ambedkar● Rangoon — Burma leaves everything● Rawalpindi — Afghanistan goes free● Sabarmati ashram● Sevagram — Gandhi’s village● Simla — the summer capital● Srinagar — the accession● Surat — Congress splits● Tamluk — a parallel government◆ The Bengal famine● Wagah — the line itself

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