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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 ... now didn't exist until the period known as the British Raj, when it ...
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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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Partition 70 years on: The turmoil, trauma - and legacy
As India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years of independence, Andrew Whitehead looks at the lasting legacy of the Partition of British India, and the turmoil and trauma which marred the birth of the ...
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DNA: Analysing Bangladesh's Jihadist 'Map Plan' Claiming Eastern Indian States
The latest "map plan ... In this period, Bengal extended as far as parts of what are now Odisha, Bihar, and even sections of modern-day Assam and Chhattisgarh. The partition of Bengal was ...