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A decade after partition


A decade after partition, they returned to claim their hidden treasure

The Pakistani ladies took possession of the treasure that they had come to claim, nearly a decade after the bloodiest Partition of two Nations in the history ...

Seventy-five Years After Indian Partition, Who Owns the Narrative?

Literature once filled in archival gaps by saying the unsayable. Now a younger generation is devising new modes of telling the story and finding new stories to ...

Decades after partition of India, younger generation helping families ...

The partition of India that created both it and Pakistan in 1947 forced the rapid relocation of about 14 million people and left more than a ...

70 Years Later, India And Pakistan Still Feel Impact Of Partition - NPR

Most estimates say that more than a million people were killed during one of the largest mass migrations in history. ... ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:.

Separated by India's partition 75 years ago, brothers just want to ...

Earlier this year, at a recently opened border crossing between India and Pakistan, Sadiq Khan collapsed into the arms of his younger brother, ...

'Finally we are together': partition's broken families reunite after ...

It was to be a bloody and bitter partition. After 300 years of official British presence, the key figures of Indian independence, Mahatma Gandhi ...

Seven Decades after Partition - CASS

Pakistan, being a young state, inherited a number of challenges – economic, political, administrative, defense and infrastructural.

Why the Partition of India and Pakistan still casts a long shadow over ...

Sehgal was one of millions of Indians and Pakistanis whose lives were disrupted—or ended—during what is now known as Partition. On its surface, ...

70 years later, survivors recall the horrors of India-Pakistan partition

But after partition was announced, the subcontinent descended quickly into riots and bloodshed. Indian soldiers walk through the debris of a ...

For India's Oldest Citizens, Independence Day Spurs Memories Of A ...

Seventy years later, memories of the 1947 Partition stir deep ... Seven decades after the trauma of Partition, what comes across is ...

The Ongoing Legacies of the Partition of British India - Asia Society

Through a series of oral histories, author Anam Zakaria shows how Partition continues to unfold and impact lives across three nations.

Seven decades after the partition of India, a younger generation is ...

The trauma passed down through generations. And it's the younger generations who are working to reunite survivors and reclaim the past. Nasir ...

The Story of the 1947 Partition as Told by the People Who Were There

Unable to quell the independence movement and growing sectarian violence, the British accelerated the transfer of power to less than six months, leading to a ...

Remembering Partition: 70 years since India-Pakistan divide

Partition left Hira Gulrajani and his wealthy Hindu family feeling there was nowhere they belonged, though they had initially welcomed the news ...

Partition of India | Summary, Cause, Effects, & Significance - Britannica

Set to take effect on August 15, the rapid partition led to a population transfer of unprecedented magnitude, accompanied by devastating ...

Why the Partition of India and Pakistan led to decades of hurt

As many as 2m people of all faiths died, and as many as 15m lost their homes during the chaotic exchange of people that accompanied its birth.

After Nearly 70 Years, the India-Pakistan Partition Gets a Museum

The world's first museum devoted to the era. It's called the Partition Museum, and it's located in the Indian city of Amritsar near the Pakistani border.

The Bloody Legacy of Indian Partition | The New Yorker

In August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, the subcontinent was partitioned into two independent ...

Remembering partition: 'It was like a slaughterhouse' - Al Jazeera

Seventy years after the partition of India and Pakistan, survivors from both sides recount stories of horror.

India's Partition: A History in Photos - The New York Times

Most Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis today were born a generation after partition. But its repercussions endure. India and Pakistan have ...