Partition

  Partiton of first country

 

• The partition of India was the division of British India.
• In1947 which accompanied the creation of two independent dominions, India & Pakistan.
• The partition involved the division of two provinces, BENGAL &PUNJAB, BASED ON DISTRICT-WISE HINDU OR MUSLIM MAJORITIES.
• The two self-governing countries of India &pakistan legally come into existence at midnight on 14-15 August 1947.
• It involved the division of the British Indian army, railways b/w two new dominions.

Violence During Partition

• By the most estimates 200,000to 1 million Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs died after the 1947 partition.
• During the partition, people recall seeing axcarts stacked with bodies.
• The violence lasted for about three months, from august until it ended suddenly in November.
• It is estimated that around 20,000 people had already died when Nehru gave his famous independence speech.
• Most of the violence was carried out against Muslims by Hindu angry that India had been divided. 

Relation b/w India &pakistan

• By the most estimates 200,000 to 1 million Hindus, Muslims &sikhs died after the 1947 partition.
• During the partition, people recall seeing axcarts stacked with bodies. 
• The violence lasted for about three months, from august until it ended suddenly in November.
• It is estimated that around 20,000 people had already died when Nehru gave his famous independence speech.
• Most of the violence was carried out against Muslims by Hindu angry that India had been divided.