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SALMAN RUSHDIE - MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN (1981)
 
  
Events in (Indian) history with parallels/connections in the novel:
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'''SALMAN RUSHDIE - MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN (1981)'''
  
''Chapter'' Plot '''History'''
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''The perforated sheet'' Adaam Aziz returns to Kashmir (5) '''Ghandi returns to India in 1915'''
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''Mercurochrome ''Aadam examines his future wife through a perforated sheet (26)
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Sees her face when she has a headache (28)
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They marry and move to Amritzar
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Public and peaceful mourning over the continuing presence of the British (37)
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April 13th 1919: peaceful protests, Aadam sneezes and stumbles, rescued by his nose
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'''WWI'''
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'''End of WWII'''
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'''Protests against the Rowlett Act'''
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'''Jallianwallah Bagh massacre. Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer and his troops open fire on unarmed croud'''
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''Hit the spittoon'' Public optimism, cause: Mian Abdullah’s Free Islamic Convocation.
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Assassinated, end of optimism (50)
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His secretary Nadir Khan flees and finds shelter in Aadam’s house (62)
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''Under the carpet'' Marriage of Mumtaz and Nadir Khan (72)
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Mumtaz’ illness coincides with…
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Matrimony fails
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1946: Mumtaz marries Ahmed
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…atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945)
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Failure of “Quit India”-movement
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A public announcement Mumtaz / Amina falls in love with her husband little by little (87)
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''Tick, tock'' August 15th: Birth of Saleem (156)
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Mary Pareira switches the real son of Amina and Ahmed with the son of Vanita and William Methwold (157) “Birth” of India
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Revision as of 20:27, 1 February 2010

Expert Group on History

KIM

cf. page 46: Indian Mutiny 1857-8 Indians first war of independence Result: housecleaning of the Indian administration, the direct rule

cf. page 108: The Big War 1878-1880 Second Afghan war The first of three Interventions of the British Empire in Afghanistan to save their supremacy and stop the Russian expansion = Great Game

The Great Game was an expression for the battle between Great Britain and Russia for the dominance over Central Asia during 1813 - 1947. It came into mainstream consciousness becasue of the novel.


SALMAN RUSHDIE - MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN (1981)

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