2015
DOI: 10.1353/man.2015.0004
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An Unwritten Epic

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“…'The house has been converted into a little Shiva shrine [sic]', the report concluded. 44 As the conflict over this site indicates, there is a great deal that isalmost necessarily -covered up in the history of Delhi, a great deal that needs to be carefully unearthed. One representation of the city is found in Ahmed Ali's summary of its history in his novel, Twilight in Delhi: [Delhi] was built after the great battle of Mahabharat by Raja Yudhishtra [sic] in 1453 B.C., and has been the cause of many a great and historic battle.…”
Section: September 1947mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…'The house has been converted into a little Shiva shrine [sic]', the report concluded. 44 As the conflict over this site indicates, there is a great deal that isalmost necessarily -covered up in the history of Delhi, a great deal that needs to be carefully unearthed. One representation of the city is found in Ahmed Ali's summary of its history in his novel, Twilight in Delhi: [Delhi] was built after the great battle of Mahabharat by Raja Yudhishtra [sic] in 1453 B.C., and has been the cause of many a great and historic battle.…”
Section: September 1947mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…43 Among other early estimates, Ian Stephens, the editor of the Calcutta Statesman, who had seen the Calcutta killings at close quarters in August 1946, provided the figure of 'about 500,000' killed between August 1946 and December 1947. 44 On the basis of published and unpublished materials and oral evidence provided to him by officials and non-officials in Pakistan, Symonds declared that, 'at the lowest estimate', half a million people perished and twelve million became homeless. 45 Like others, I have in an earlier essay accepted something like the latter figures as the most 'likely '.…”
Section: The Question Of Casualties: a Note On Tertiary Discoursementioning
confidence: 99%
“…43 Moon, Divide and Quit, p. 293. 44 Stephens, Pakistan, p. 107. 45 Richard Symonds, The Making of Pakistan (London, 1950), p. 74.…”
Section: The Question Of Casualties: a Note On Tertiary Discoursementioning
confidence: 99%
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