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The Story of India
In 1947, differences between Hindus and Muslims led to the partition of India by the departing British colonialists into the countries of India and Pakistan. The division sparked mass migrations ...
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Playwright Anusree Roy on what history books leave out about the 1947 Partition of India
she eventually settled on writing a story revolving around the Partition of India in 1947, when the country was divided by the British government into what are now known as India, Pakistan and ...
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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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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 ...