3. An Uncertain State Confronts “Evacuee Property”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Note on Terms and Transliteration xv
6. List of Abbreviations xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Dreaming Independence in the Colonial Capital 27
9. 2. Partition Violence Shatters Utopia 82
10. 3. An Uncertain State Confronts “Evacuee Property” 126
11. 4. Claiming the City and Nation in the Urdu Press 170
12. 5. Citizens’ Rights: Delhi’s Law and Order Legacy 215
13. Epilogue 260
14. Notes 265
15. Bibliography 313
16. Index 331