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The book Jenkins and the Partition
of Punjab: 1947 is a valuable addition to the exiting literature
concerning partition of Punjab. It depicts the crucial role of
Jenkins as the last governor of Punjab who till last moment
served to his best the interest of British Government though
with heavy loss to the Muslim cause. No doubt, the cost paid by
Muslims of South Asia for securing freedom was immense but they
eventually succeeded to achieve an independent state against all
odds. Now Pakistan has a long way to go; its people must have
full comprehension of their past, so that they could value
independence and work hark hard to improve their present
circumstances. This book is the reflection of sacrifices, human
tragedies, losses and achievements the Muslims of South Asia
experienced in the last days of the British Raj.
Surely, nations progress only when
they honor the people who took pains and endanger their lives so
their fellow countrymen can be secure and prosper. Almost
millions lives were sacrificed at the time of partition on both
sides of the border of Punjab. We are indebted to all those who
have perished in this struggle for independence, as gratitude it
is our duty to teach our children to remember those sacrifices
of our forefathers and to respect fellow beings and work hard to
make our state strong and prosperous.
Since people on both sides of the
border suffered and both had cried and felt an intense pain in
this bifurcation of East and West Punjab therefore an objective
record of those events such as the current study can help
mitigate sorrows of the past and enlighten the future course of
relations between the two sides. Respecting each other as close
neighbours could help in development of both the states as for
the creation of which both have paid heavy prices in the form of
human tragedies and material loss.
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Dr. Farah Gul Baqai, Senior
Research Fellow NIHCR, did her Ph.D. from the Department of
History, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, in 2013. Prior to
that her discipline remained History in her M.Sc. and M. Phil.
degrees from the same Department. She joined the NIHCR as a
Research Fellow in 1989 and since then she is contributing as a
Research Scholar in the same organization. Later on, She has
been promoted as a Senior Research Fellow in the NIHCR. She had
started her association the editing process of the Urdu Journal
"Majallah Tarikh wa Saqafat-i-Pakistan" since 2001. She
was promoted as the Editor of the same journal in 2011.
Dr. Farah has so far published a
sizeable number of research articles both in English and Urdu
Languages in the reputed research journals. Moreover, she has
contributed a large number of articles in the leading national
dailies/periodicals on the subject of history and culture. Her
monograph titled "The Role of Women in the Pakistan Movement"
has been published in 2011. Furthermore, she has contributed
research conferences / seminars. Her aforementioned publications
focused primarily on History of the Punjab and the Freedom
Movement.
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