The book was originally written in Bengali by Anwesha Sengupta and translated into English by Arunava Sinha. Anwesha Sengupta and Debarati Bagchi served as editors of the book, which features illustrations by Ranjit Chitrakar and Sirajudaulla Chitrakar. Wasim Helal was responsible for the book's planning, map, and cover. This publication is sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung with grants from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany. This publication or its parts can be used by others for free as long as they provide a proper reference to the original publication. The content of the publication is solely the responsibility of the partner and does not necessarily reflect the position of RLS.

On August 14-15, 1947 British India was divided into two independent nation-states - India and Pakistan. Why did partition happen? What role did various political parties and the British rulers play in dividing the country? How was this administrative decision implemented by the governments? How was partition experienced by people across caste, class, religion and gender? The book raises these questions and attempts to answer them. The purpose of the book is to make the young reader, their parents and teachers historiographically informed and sensitive towards the multiplicity of historical experiences of a particular event.