The state of Punjab also labeled as the Gateway of India has been acknowledged by different names since ancient times. The term Punjab consists of two Persian words i.e. PANJ (five) and AAB (water). It means that the five rivers-the Sutlej, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum- originating from the Himalayas which flow through the fertile land of Punjab. In Rigveda it has been described as Sapt-Sindhu i.e. the land of seven rivers, the Sutlej, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab, the Jhelum, the Sindhu and the Saraswati.

The present thesis entitled ‘Communalism and Politics of Partition in Maharashtra: 1935 to 1947’ is being submitted for the Ph.D degree in the subject History contains the following important things for the discussion and analyzation. In general this thesis does a deep historical analysis of the partition of Indian subcontinent of 1947 which followed by the Independence of Indian and in particular on the communalism and politics of partition of Maharashtra in the given period. The event of Independence of India of 1947 is one of the most notable historical event in history of modern world.