South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) first took place in 2018, and is now held annually to honour, recognise, and appreciate South Asian histories, communities, and culture, as well as to understand the rich cultural legacy of South Asian countries. Moreover, it celebrates the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia.
The month begins on 18th July, the date that the Indian Independence Act 1947 gained royal assent from King George VI, and ends on the 17th August, the date that the Radcliffe Line was published in 1947, which finally set out where the border between India, West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) would be.
We’ve put together this reading list of titles with links to South Asia, from politics and history to literature and culture. Subscribe to our newsletter to get 30% off all these titles (form below).
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B. R. Ambedkar
British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End
Resistance and its discontents in South Asian women's fiction
Rethinking untouchability
Pluriversal sovereignty and the state
Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia
The future of U.S.-India security cooperation
Productive failure
The United States in the Indo-Pacific
Worlding the south
South Asians and the shaping of Britain, 1870-1950
Tea and empire
Enduring violence
South Asia from the margins
Islam and identity politics among British-Bangladeshis
Indian foreign policy
Borders and conflict in South Asia