Guest lecture on India by Dr. Anil Seal, Cambridge

is pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by

Dr. Anil Seal from Trinity College, Cambridge

on

"The Transfer of Power and the Partition of India: Causes and Consequences"

Using a historical perspective, Dr. Anil Seal investigates why the British transferred power in 1947, why British India was partitioned into two nations, India and Pakistan, and what have been some of the main consequences, geo-political, political, economic and social, of these momentous events. His argument is that partition was the price that the Congress Party high command willingly paid in order to achieve a strong centre for independent India and that it was the Congress, not the British, nor Jinnah, Pakistan's founder, and the Muslim League, who called the shots and insisted upon partition. He will conclude by briefly touching upon the massive consequences for South Asia of these events.

Dr. Anil Seal, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge is, together with John Gallagher, one of the founders of the 'Cambridge School of Indian History' which has helped to transform the understanding of modern India. His pioneering work on the 'Emergence of Indian Nationalism', published more than four decades ago, has led to many monographs from this 'school' by many of his erstwhile research students, now among the biggest figures in the subject. Collections of essays by Anil Seal and members of this 'informal school' have been published in 'Locality, Province and Nation' in 1973 and 'Power, Profit and Politics' in 1981. He is also the founder Director of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, Cambridge Overseas Trust, Cambridge European Trust, the Gates Cambridge Trust, the Isaac Newton Trust and is presently Director of the Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre at Cambridge, Joint Director of the Cambridge China Development Trust and Director of the newly established Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust, as well as Executive Trustee of the Nehru Trust for Cambridge University, inter alia. These trusts have enabled innumerable overseas and European students to study at Cambridge and launched other initiatives that have kept Cambridge at the forefront of the international academic scene.

 Registration

Everybody is most welcome to attend the event and registration is not necessary. Should you have any inquiries you are most welcome to contact us at arc@cbs.dk or 3815 3409.