27 Painful Pictures Of Partition Which Killed A Million People And Forced 10 Million To Flee Across Border For Safety
The massacres began soon after the British announced partition: Neighbors slaughtered neighbors; childhood friends became sworn enemies. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the partition of India, an event that triggered one of bloodiest u
Today we are celebrate the 73rd anniversary of India's independence. There are some people who mourn it as the 73rd anniversary of India's partition, which killed a million people and forced 10 million to flee across borders for safety.
This year marks the 73rd anniversary of the partition of India, an event that triggered one of bloodiest upheavals in human history.
About 14 million people are believed to have abandoned their homes in the summer and fall of 1947, when colonial British administrators began dismantling the empire in southern Asia. Estimates of the number of people killed in those months range between 200,000 and 2 million.
The massacres began soon after the British announced partition: Neighbors slaughtered neighbors; childhood friends became sworn enemies.
Here some heartbreaking pictures from the partition that show it shouldn't be happened:
1. The horrific scenario of communal riots in Bombay.
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2. Months before Independence the horrific scenario of riots in Bombay as people gather to salvage their belongings on September 15, 1946.
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3. An image of refugees at a place near Ambala, in Punjab, fleeing Pakistan in bullock carts to reach India for safety and shelter.
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4. The plight of many Gujarati spoken migrants under the command of Indian forces., who have run away from the areas of Pakistani occupation.
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5. Homeless Refugees at Tihar village, in Delhi during 1950.
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6. Pakistani refugee shelters near Delhi during 1950.
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7. Refugees evicted from Ajmeri Gate, in Delhi during 1950.
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8. Pakistani refugees evicted from Ajmeri Gate, in Delhi during 1950.
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9. Train-loads of refugees arriving at Ambala station in post-Partition Punjab, during 1950.
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10. Kingsway refugee camp in Delhi for Pakistanis in the year 1953.
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11. Refugees from Pakistan at Kingsway Camp in Delhi in the year 1953.
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12. People, including women and children, cross a river near Bagdah in West Bengal on August 7, 1971 after they fled their homes in Bangladesh (East Pakistan) and sought refuge in India. Nearly 84 lakh men, women and children migrated to India.
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13. An archival photograph (1947) of gief-stricken refugees flee East Pakistan in a boat to reach West Bengal during the Partition in 1947.
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14. Train load of refugees from East Pakistan arriving by Barisal Express at Bangaon station in Bengal during the Partition in 1947.
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15. Refugees from East Pakistan arriving barefoot in India during the Partition, speaking volumes of their pain, suffering and grief.
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16. Pakistani refugees at the Kingsway Camp in Delhi, during 1950.
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17. Refugee stalls demolished in Lodhi Colony, in Delhi, during 1950.
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18. Children are served mid-day in their school before the partition of India in Bombay, Maharashtra on January 12, 1947.
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19. A camp for displaced Indian Muslims next to Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi.
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20. Indian soldiers walking through the debris of a building in the Chowk Bijli Wala area of Amristar.
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21. A family at a camp for displaced Indian Muslims next to Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi
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22. Indian Muslims passing by Minto Bridge on their way to the Purana Qila and Humanyun's Tomb camps.
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23. Kamla Market in New Delhi, a large market used by refugees in New Delhi.
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24. A destroyed building in the Katra Jaimal Singh area of Amritsar during unrest following the Partition of India and Pakistan
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25. Queen's Road near Lothian Bridge in New Delhi
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26. Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi
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27. Sikh people eating free food at a relief camp at Khalsa college in Amritsar following unrest in the wake of the Partition of India and Pakistan.
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