Nisid Hajari's book 'Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition' won the 2016 William E Colby Award, a statement said.
Midnight's Furies, Hajari's first book, covers the 1947 partition of India and the violence that surrounded that event.
Named after the former CIA director, William E Colby, the prize is awarded annually by Norwich University to a first-time author in recognition of a work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations, or international affairs.
"I am absolutely thrilled to be named the recipient of the 2016 Colby Award," Hajari said.
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"To join the company of such distinguished military and historical writers as Jon Meacham and Dexter Filkins is a tremendous honor, and it's particularly gratifying that the judges chose to highlight a subject that may be unfamiliar to many American readers."
Carlo D'Este, the executive director of the Colby Symposium and the esteemed author of several books on WWII including biographies of Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Winston Churchill, describes Midnight's Furies as "noteworthy, superbly readable, and very timely."
The award and honorarium will be presented to Hajari at Norwich University during the 2016 William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium on April 6-7.