This article focuses on the workings of the Punjab Partition Committee in the crucial months of July and August 1947. In bringing new material to the historiography of partition, this article challenges the widely held assumption that the Punjab Partition Committee did not deliver. It argues that one must assess and value the large degree of cooperation and agreement between Punjab political leaders on the Committee, despite the charged political and communal atmosphere of the summer of 1947. Furthermore, it argues that the Committee created a limited sense of order during the disarray that prevailed in the run-up to the Transfer of Power. This order was brought about by the cooperation and work of the ‘middle tier’—the bureaucrats and other officials who are often missing from partition literature. The article shows the hard, bureaucratic—yet human—side of partition during these deliberations: at the same time as these people were carrying out partition, they were also suffering its effects. Finally, the Committee's negotiations show how the soon-to-be-established provinces and dominions were setting up their respective states through the procurement of assets and resources.

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实施分区：旁遮普分区委员会会议记录，1947 年 7 月至 8 月

本文重点介绍旁遮普分区委员会在 1947 年 7 月和 8 月这两个关键月份的工作情况。在为分区史学带来新材料的过程中，本文挑战了旁遮普分区委员会未能实现这一普遍持有的假设。它争辩说，尽管 1947 年夏天的政治和社区气氛紧张，但人们必须评估和重视旁遮普政治领导人在委员会中的高度合作和协议。此外，它争辩说，委员会在权力移交前的混乱局面。这一秩序是由“中层”——经常出现在分区文献中的官僚和其他官员——的合作和工作带来的。文章显示了硬，在这些审议中，官僚——但人性——的一面：这些人在进行划分的同时，也受到了它的影响。最后，委员会的谈判表明，即将成立的省份和自治领是如何通过购买资产和资源来建立各自的州的。