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THE RADCLIFFE LINE
#75years ago a British lawyer named Cyril Radcliffe was asked by Louis Mountbatten, the former viceroy of India, to divide British-ruled India into the new independent nations of India, Pakistan & East Pakistan (Bangladesh). He had five weeks to do this.
#75years ago a British lawyer named Cyril Radcliffe was asked by Louis Mountbatten, the former viceroy of India, to divide British-ruled India into the new independent nations of India, Pakistan & East Pakistan (Bangladesh). He had five weeks to do this.
The lines Radcliffe drew across India sparked a tragedy that still poisons ties between India and Pakistan today.
Approximately twelve million people crossed the Radcliffe line to find a new home with an estimated one million killed by sectarianism and religious violence.
Approximately twelve million people crossed the Radcliffe line to find a new home with an estimated one million killed by sectarianism and religious violence.
This division led to one of the largest mass migrations in human history. Over one million people died as a result of communal clashes between Muslims, Sikhs & Hindus on India’s western & eastern borders.
The Radcliffe line was referred to as the “bloody line“ of partition.
The Radcliffe line was referred to as the “bloody line“ of partition.
My mother's family are from Kushtia - part of Hindu majority Nadia district of Bengal. However, it fell on the wrong side of a river that was ruled as the border. They would linger for years in East Pakistan till religious persecution finally forced them seek refuge in India 1/n
My mother's grand-father Mohini Mohan Chakravarti had set up a textile mill as far of the 1905 Swadeshi movement. By 1947, it was one of the largest mills in India. It is now "enemy property" 2/n
An uncle revisited the place just after it was liberated in 1971. Their bungalows were full bodies of those tortured to death by the Pak army. We must never forget 3/n
#PartitionHorrorRemembranceDay
#PartitionHorrorRemembranceDay
#PartitionHorrorRemembranceDay : Bir Bahadur Singh narrating the story of his village when his father and others decided to kill all the daughters between 4 & 40 after Gulam Rasool demanded one of their girls in lieu of safe passage!
#PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay Harchet narrating how neighbours turned enemy overnight, trains were slaughtered and he had to walk for several days before he reached a safe place in India
Gyan Chan Nagpal had to encounter Muslims at two places PakPattan and then at Kasur…… his sister in law was hit on her face with an axe by attacking Muslims #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay
