Chalta Musafir is an
novel by Pakistani novelist and short story writer
Altaf Fatima
Altaf Fatima ( ur, الطاف فاطمہ; 10 June 1927 – 29 November 2018) was a Pakistani Urdu novelist, short story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Altaf Fatima was born in Lucknow, she moved to Lahore during the Part ...
. First published in 1981, the novel explains the events of 1940s to 1970s, from the
partition of the Indian subcontinent
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...
to the
independence of Bangladesh Independence of Bangladesh was declared on 26 March 1971, celebrated as Independence Day, from Pakistan. The Independence Day of Bangladesh is celebrated on 26 March when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the Independence of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh ...
.
References
Urdu-language novels
20th-century Pakistani novels
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