South Asia 71

Retired account that shared archival material collected over the course of a PhD.

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My latest article "Similar Impressions? UK-US relations and South Asia, autumn 1971".

As tensions rose in South Asia, Heath and Nixon's unwillingness to confront their differences led to the alignment of the UK and US on different sides of a hot war https://t.co/9LF0SxduFj

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First up: the epic Concert for Bangladesh - George Harrison & Ravi Shankar's 1971 benefit for the war refugees. The piece is a❤️token to George (the finest of men) but in it I also try to square how we see it now with what it meant in 1971 #GeorgeHarrison https://t.co/JA4vAw3ycV

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Anyone who would like to listen to “Understanding Pakistan “ talks on Pakistan’s history that I did with Prof Aamer Raza click on this link.
We were privileged to speak to @ahsanib @myraemacdonald , Ayesha Jalal, @SouthAsia71 @abdulabidMD and others.
https://t.co/6M8SqOFasb

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@Barbara_Elin @CardiffLaw @harringtonj3 @AmbreenaManji Congratulations Barbara!

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@TheseLongWars Thank you! Just going to post the occasional thread from this point

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State Department Official, Christopher Van Hollen wrote a scathing criticism of the Nixon/Kissinger policy in South Asia "They unnecessarily elevated the local crisis into one of US-Soviet confrontation"

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[9] Yahya's offer to withdraw troops from the Ind. border in Nov 1971, was not as "unilateral" as was claimed. @SouthAsia71 editorial

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[1]Thread: How Nixon's letters to Yahya Khan and Indira Gandhi demonstrate the US "tilt" toward Pakistan in 1971.

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[8] Nixon was keen to let Yahya know that the US had placed the onus upon India to de-escalate tension- Nov 27 1971.

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In February 1971, Mujib reminded Yahya and Bhutto that Bengalis "will to lay down our lives" for autonomy

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⚡️ “Mujib's Hartal- Backed into a corner?” by @SouthAsia71
https://t.co/ra4DCEN9lv

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Mujib's Hartal: Backed into a corner? @SouthAsia71 editorial

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March 2 1971: Anger and disorder in Dacca after Mujib called a Hartal in protest Yahya's postponement of the National Assembly

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Peerzada and Bhutto "torpedoed" Yahya's plan to accompany the postponing of the National Assembly with a conciliatory message for E.Pakistan

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In February 1971, Mujib reminded Yahya and Bhutto that Bengalis "will to lay down our lives" for autonomy