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Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten by Rajmohan Gandhi traces the history of undivided Punjab from the death of Aurangzeb in 1707 to Partition in 1947.
The book covers invasions by Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali, Sikh resistance and rule, the rise of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, British conquest, the independence movement and the violence and human courage surrounding Partition. Drawing on sources from both India and Pakistan, Gandhi presents a broad political and social history of a region repeatedly transformed by war, empire and competing national movements.


