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Partition. Map of East and West Punjab

The areas of the Western and Eastern Punjab where there were many outbreaks of violence between Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus following Partition and the creation of modern India and Pakistan

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Singapore, bastion in the East, by G. H. Davis

Britain's great bastion in the East: Singapore, stubborn obstacle to Japan's ambitious projects in Southern Asia during the Second World War. It was a naval, army and RAF base, providing defences for India, Burma and the Far East, then part of the British Empire. Date: 1941

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Old Map of Northern India 1852 by Henry George Collins

This is a finely detailed map of Northern India remastered from a rare Atlas of the World published in 1852 by Henry George Collins. Although these Henry Collins produced maps of the highest quality in his time unfortunately not the same could be said in terms of his business success. His maps were later obtained by the famous Stanford Map Company and used in their publications

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