Awards

• Long-listed for Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2016.
• Long-listed for PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2016
• Long-listed for PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2016.
• Long-listed for Tata Literature Live! 2015 (UK)
• Long-listed for Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Non-Fiction) 2015
• Long-listed for Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Non-Fiction) 2015.
• Shortlisted for Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Non-Fiction) 2015.

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This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully Remarkable Account... Compassionate, judicious and brilliantly readable, this is a compelling account of a dramatic, but little examined, aspect of history * Daily Mail * Yasmin Khan...offers a richly researched social history of wartime India that is peppered with fascinating detail * The Economist * A fascinating, vividly written history full of surprises, some of them shocking * The Times * Unprecedented in scope...rich both in detail and in its unique insights... Khan's history has paved the way for a more complex understanding of the Second World War as India's War -- Vinay Lal * Indian Express * A striking example of people's history, packed with anecdotes, memories and information about a shared but largely unwritten global past * Guardian * The Second World War is one of the most written-about episodes in all world history: every month sees a dozen new titles published. Yet, astonishingly, The Raj at War breaks new ground on almost every page -- William Dalrymple * Spectator * Almost impossible to put down * New Statesman * Exceptional...balances analysis, history and human compassion in a narrative that leaves one shaken -- Juliet Nicolson, 5 stars * Daily Telegraph *

Exceptional...balances analysis, history and human compassion in a narrative that leaves one shaken -- Juliet Nicolson, 5 stars * Daily Telegraph * Almost impossible to put down * New Statesman * The Second World War is one of the most written-about episodes in all world history: every month sees a dozen new titles published. Yet, astonishingly, The Raj at War breaks new ground on almost every page -- William Dalrymple * Spectator * A striking example of people's history, packed with anecdotes, memories and information about a shared but largely unwritten global past * Guardian * Unprecedented in scope...rich both in detail and in its unique insights... Khan's history has paved the way for a more complex understanding of the Second World War as India's War -- Vinay Lal * Indian Express * A fascinating, vividly written history full of surprises, some of them shocking * The Times * Yasmin Khan...offers a richly researched social history of wartime India that is peppered with fascinating detail * The Economist * Remarkable Account... Compassionate, judicious and brilliantly readable, this is a compelling account of a dramatic, but little examined, aspect of history * Daily Mail * This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully

Exceptional... balances analysis, history and human compassion in a narrative that leaves one shaken... Khan shows how the vibrancy of that great continent in all its intense colour, diversity and ebullience was washed with the grey pallor of despair... [a] magnificent, time-resistant reliquary for evanescent memory -- Juliet Nicolson, 5 stars Daily Telegraph This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully Epic and intimate -- Aamer Hussein Independent Masterly -- John Keay Literary Review

Exceptional... balances analysis, history and human compassion in a narrative that leaves one shaken... Khan shows how the vibrancy of that great continent in all its intense colour, diversity and ebullience was washed with the grey pallor of despair... [a] magnificent, time-resistant reliquary for evanescent memory -- Juliet Nicolson, 5 stars Daily Telegraph This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully This fascinating book tells the story of World War Two's impact on India: the shattering of the ordered relations which underpinned the Raj making its end inevitable. It's also a much needed reminder of India's contribution to that war -- Mark Tully Epic and intimate -- Aamer Hussein Independent Unprecedented in scope...rich both in detail and in its unique insights... Khan's history has paved the way for a more complex understanding of the Second World War as India's war -- Vinay Lal Indian Express

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Yasmin Khan is a British writer and historian. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Kellogg College. Her first book, The Great Partition- The Making of India and Pakistan, won the Gladstone Prize from the Royal Historical Society in 2007 and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2008.

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