Abstract
A glance over the map of Punjab and northern India shows an
interesting feature, that of the five rivers flowing through the
province like five fingers of a hand.1 In the high mountains, the
fingers are separated and as we travel downwards, they join each
other in the southern Punjab and form a wrist, which then flows
into Sindh, the adjoining province. The politics of the Punjab was
very much analogue to the physical feature of rivers’ course. On
the atlas pages the rivers confluence to form one2---under the
dictates of altitude, depression of land and other topographical
features, while on the pages of history, three major communities3
of the province joined hands and to a great extent confluenced to
the Punjab National Unionist Party. Despite divide and rule policy
of the British in rest of India, unionism was not only developed
but also dominated the politics of the province for over two
decades
Samina Yasmeen , Abdul Basit Mujahid. (2020) Politics Of Unionism, Journal of Pakistan Vision, Volume 21, Issue 1.
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