http://dart.columbia.edu/southasia/timeline/#nationalist-movements
http://www.kamat.com/database/content/20th_century/
http://storyofpakistan.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12641776
http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/6308/The-Modernist-Art-Movement-from-India/#vars!date=1828-11-03_10:23:05!
Listed above are links to timelines of 20th century India, as well as biographical information on many of the names mentioned in Book I of Midnight's Children. (Please note that the last link is simply an interesting compilation of images throughout this period and does not provide detailed historical or biographical information)
http://www.kamat.com/database/content/20th_century/
http://storyofpakistan.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12641776
http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/6308/The-Modernist-Art-Movement-from-India/#vars!date=1828-11-03_10:23:05!
Listed above are links to timelines of 20th century India, as well as biographical information on many of the names mentioned in Book I of Midnight's Children. (Please note that the last link is simply an interesting compilation of images throughout this period and does not provide detailed historical or biographical information)
You rock. Nice leg work. I have so much catching up to do now! Hope to be at the end of book one this weekend. And then I'll get to your little supplementary readings...
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