Dethroned: The Integration of Princely India | John Zubrzycki and Sam Dalrymple with Narayani Basu

Dethroned: The Integration of Princely India | John Zubrzycki and Sam Dalrymple with Narayani Basu | Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series Jaipur Literature Festival 2024
John Zubrzycki’s recent book, Dethroned: Patel, Menon and The Integration of Princely India, is a riveting account of the absorption of the Princely states into the Indian union post-1947. Zubrzycki expertly juggles a fascinating cast of characters, from Mountbatten to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and from V.P Menon to Jawaharlal Nehru, to present a captivating account of the chess game that saved the subcontinent from fragmentation. In conversation with writer and historian Sam Dalrymple and historian Narayani Basu, author of V.P.Menon - The Unsung Architect Of Modern India, Zubrzycki takes us through the integration of Princely India.
John Zubrzycki is the author of six books on India, most recently Dethroned: Patel, Menon and the Integration of Princely India. His earlier books include, The Shortest History of India, and The House of Jaipur: The Inside Story of India’s Most Glamorous Royal Family. He has worked in India as a diplomat and foreign correspondent and has a PhD in Indian history.
Sam Dalrymple is a historian and multimedia producer. He has been published in The New York Times and his work has appeared in TIME, The New Yorker, The Economist, BBC, and Reuters, amongst others. His debut book Shattered Lands: The Five Partitions of Britain's Indian Empire will be published by HarperCollins in 2025. As Producer and Cofounder of ‘Project Dastaan’, his debut film, Child of Empire, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and his animated series Lost Migrations sold out at the BFI.
Narayani Basu is the bestselling author of V.P. Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India. A historian and foreign policy analyst, her current area of interest focuses on highlighting the less-known but key players behind the story of Indian independence, though she continues to write extensively on foreign policy for several acclaimed international publications.
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[@usernotfound40412]

43:20 Statements like these are the reason most Indians despise the way modern indian history summarizes the partition. You saying "Nobody was in favour of partition" is not only wrong it is active distortion and disinformation. A significant number of people were actively in favor of partition to the extent that they enaged in unimaginable violence almost instantaneoulsy sans major provocation after the call given by Jinnah for "Direct Action". (The retaliation by Hindus was not their nod to Partition but to exact duly earned revenge)
It is not wrong to say that an owerwhelming majority of Hindus and a very small minority of Muslims were against partition. I understand your "compulsion" in not blaming the obvious perpetrators of the "idea of partition". In fact the most vociferous opposition to the partition then and continuing till now was given by groups whom you have condemned for eternity: the Sanghis.
So if there has been anyone who has the right to be called "Never in favour of the partition", it was and is these khaki shorts.

[@suen3634]

Interesting discussion. Forgotten heroes of the formation of India like VP Menon are slowly emerging. Wish our historians were more prolific and given public spaces like these lit fests to highlight fascinating wide ranging topics regardless of whether they are deemed right or left wing academics.

[@kaiser1732]

John just called Sam, William 😅😂

[@abhishekmhatre1554]

Sam sounds just like his dad. How cute.