School of Humanities  
 
 
HIS-30095 Negotiating Nationalisms and Partitions: The Partition of India II  
Co-ordinator: Dr Shalini Sharma    Room: CBB1.060, Tel:33206  
Teaching Team: Miss Amanda  Roberts, Mrs Christine  Edge, Dr Shalini Sharma, Miss Jo-Anne  Watts  
Lecture Time: See Timetable...  
Level: 3 Credits: 15 Study Hours: 150  
School Office: Tel: 01782 733147
 
 
 
Programme/Approved Electives for
History Dual Honours (Level 3)
History Major (Level 3)
History Minor (Level 3)
Available as a Free Standing Elective
No
Barred Combinations
None, save prerequisite of taking HIS-XXXXXX Religion, Rebellion and the Raj:The Partition of India, I

Prerequisites
Progression into third year; Prerequisite: students must take HIS-XXXXXX Religion, Rebellion and the Raj:The Partition of India, I

Description

In August 1947 British India was partitioned to create two independent countries, India and Pakistan. This partition resulted in an estimated one million deaths and the largest migration of people in modern history. What were the forces which led to the Partition of India in 1947: British policy; Muslim separatism or the unitary impulses of Indian nationalism? Based upon specific sources and documents, this course will explore why the end of British rule in India was accompanied by Partition and the creation of Pakistan and assess some of the consequences of Partition, (further partitions, communal conflict, refugee rehabilitation and a well-nigh nuclear war) for the subcontinent after independence.
Aims
To introduce students to the events, sources and modern historiographical debates of the Partition of India in 1947 - an event that led to the largest migration of people in modern history - and an event that still resonates in the politics and culture of India and Pakistan today. To extend the period covered in HIS-XXXXXX Religion, Rebellion and the Raj:The Partition of India, I to cover the years 1940 to 1947.
Intended Learning Outcomes
develop an understanding of the causes and consequences of the partition of India in 1947, the complexities of the concerns which drove the process of decolonisation in the Indian subcontinent and the emergence of communal conflict in the Indian subcontinent will be achieved by assessments: 1,2
develop the ability to consider the relationship between contemporary debates on communalism and nation building with their historical context. will be achieved by assessments: 1,2
develop the ability to critically read and assess primary materials and to judge their historical significance. will be achieved by assessments: 1,2
develop the ability to evaluate and critically assess secondary sources and historiographical debates, and to use them appropriately in the development of historical analysis. will be achieved by assessments: 1,2
Study hours
150 hours: 10 x 2 hour seminars, 8 x 1 hour lectures, 50 hours seminar preparation, 30 hours document commentary preparation, 42 hours preparation for a 32 hour take home examination.
Description of Module Assessment
01: Commentary weighted 30%
Document commentary
Students will be required to provide commentaries on 4 extracts out of a possible 12. Each commentary will be approximately 700 words.
02: Exam weighted 70%
Unseen take home examination
An unseen 32 hour take home examination in which students will be expected to answer 2 essay questions out of 8.
Version: (1.06B) Updated: 03/Mar/2013

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