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 bee...