Quiet Flows The River Jhelum

Quiet flows the river Jhelum (Jhelum nodir tirey) by Jajabor traces the roots of the Kashmir imbroglio, from the ascendency of the Hindu Dogra king Gulab Singh to the throne of Muslim majority Jammu & Kashmir down to the accession of Kashmir with the Union of India and abdication of the throne by the last king of Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh. Like a real-life thriller, it follows in the footsteps of the Indian Army in its valiant push to thwart the Pakistani invasion, eavesdrops on the palace intrigue in Srinagar and political manoeuvrings in Delhi and Lahore, and relates the travails of the ordinary folks and triumphs of the military heroes like lt. Complete Ranjit Rai, Brigadier L.Br. Sen, and Brigadier Osman. Lucidly written, based on authentic records, the critically acclaimed book is now out in a contemporary English translation that will shed a clear light on a complicated issue, which refuses to die down.

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Oversættere: Sujit Kumar Das

Release date

E-bog: 4. september 2020