Stories of Guinness: The Legacy of Empire - Sam Dalrymple

Few historical events reshaped the modern world more profoundly than the partition of the Indian subcontinent. During this session, historian and writer Sam Dalrymple will introduce his acclaimed new book, Shattered Lands, a vivid account of the political upheavals that followed the end of empire in South Asia.

Drawing on newly uncovered archives, personal testimonies and forgotten histories, Dalrymple examines the chain reaction of partitions that reshaped the region — dividing nations, redrawing borders and displacing millions of people. His work illuminates how the end of empire unleashed a cascade of political transformations that continue to shape global geopolitics today.