| ID | 010956 |
| Call Number | 891.43371/SAH |
| Title Proper | Tamas |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Sahni, Bhisham |
| Publication | New Delhi, Penguin Books, 2001. |
| Description | 352p Silver Spine |
| Series | Modern classics |
| Note | Tamas is the story of a sweeper whose actions inadvertently spark communal riots in tension ridden India on the eve of partition. The events that are described in the novel are based on true accounts of riots witnessed in Rawalpindi and translated by the author himself. |
| Standard Number | 9780343063681 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.299(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 891.43371 |
| Key Words | India - History - Partition - 1947 ; IBDP ; Communal riots - India ; Hindi literature ; Communalism - Religious aspects - India - Fiction ; Riots - India - Fiction ; India - Ethnic relations - Fiction ; India - Politics and government - 1947- - Fiction |