The book deals with subjects like Socio-Economic status of the regions in the middle of the last century. It also gives an interesting and accurate pen picture of what happened with people of Jammu province during and the immediate aftermath of traumatic partition of the Sub-Continent in August 1947. The book also highlights the artificial division of the Jammu & Kashmir state, migration of the masses from both the sides, riots and plunder, refugees problems, role of social organizations and political movements as they developed over the years. The author has tried his best to make the book very informative after consulting virtually all sources and resources that are available on this side of the border, in the form of official records, reports, memories, interaction with the well meaning and knowledgable people and news papers etc. The book has both depth and profundity, and one may go through it both for pleasure and profit. It is sanguine that this book will go a long way to prove to be used for further research on the subject as it provides the necessary historical material to those students, teachers and scholars who has the urge and propensity to evaluate the events and the happenings that overtook the people of the region in the last century. The author has made unique attempt to make available vast source of information which usually is not available for the interested people who want to study the past in depth.
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