Partition: a change of political borders cutting through at least one community’s homeland
Partition of India:
-British partition of India (August 15, 1947)
-Basis: religion and led to the creation of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India in 1947
-The partition was put in effect in the Indian Independence Act of 1947 and resulted in the end of the British Indian Empire
-Radcliffe line: border between India and Pakistan, crosses the region of Punjab
-The partition displaced 12.5 million people and thousands of people died
-Partition ended 350 years of British colonial rule in India
Good. Remember that Prof. Mufti mentioned that an important aspect of partition was the question of language: Hindi v Urdu.
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