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India's Partition: How the ending of British rule uprooted millions and hit generations that followed
But the partition of British India into the new nations by a line drawn by a civil servant on a map, triggered a series of events the consequences of which millions are still living with today.
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Partition Wasn’t the End—Religion Still Divides India, Just in a New Way
The lines drawn in 1947 were not just on maps—they were etched into ... and mutual respect. Partition may have physically divided India and Pakistan, but its ideological remnants continue ...
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Partition of India — remarkable stories of escape from ‘horrific violence’
India was intended to be majority-Hindu and a new state – Pakistan – was created for Muslims. The division, known as partition, saw millions of Muslims moving to live in Pakistan and millions ...
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The Partition Museum
The Partition Museum is the first of its kind, dedicated to the memory of the Partition of India in 1947 — its victims, its survivors and its lasting legacy. The Government of Punjab, India, has ...
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Six things we learnt from Woman’s Hour’s Partition of India special programme
To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Partition of India, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour dedicated the entire programme to hearing about the forgotten women of Partition. In August 1947 ...
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In 1905 Bengal partition, the making of Bangladesh
The communal identities it created eventually culminated in the end of British rule and the partition of India in 1947 The roots of Bangladesh go back in the 1905 partition of Bengal.