British Empire and India | Nonfiction

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The Unforgettable Year Of 1947
Break the silence on partition and British colonial history - before it’s too late
Who is to blame?

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The partition of India and Pakistan was a time of a huge riot. 1947 was the time of chaos and a big amount of violence, when two countries were born, the Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.

Because of the violence between the different religious groups in India and Pakistan, many people were forced to leave their homes and move to their own country, which meant that Muslims would have to move to Pakistan, and Hindus would have to move to India.

Unfortunately, it was led by the largest mass migration in the history of time. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Britain’s final Viceroy, handed over the power in 1947.

Mountbatten, who was in charge of negotiations, aggravated complications by focusing on Jinnah’s Muslim League and the Indian National Congress.

Jinnah was a Muslim Indian and spoke for the cooperation between the Muslims and Hindus. Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was the one who assigned to draw the borders between the two newborn countries. The consequences of the partition of India and Pakistan were very harsh and cruel.

Millions of people were forced to leave their lands to escape the horror and death. Millions of innocent people lost their lives due to the partition regardless of their religion, and the British government was not a much help either, due to leaving the country as soon as they handed over the power.

They had failed to control the violence and horror afflicted part of the country. The partition of India had a disadvantageous effect on the lives of millions of people.

They suffered from starvation and spread of diseases. Killings were growing intense and thousands of innocent people were killed for the sake of the partition.