The Partition of 1947
Introduction About Partition The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 and Resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj Crown in India. The two self governing independence dominions of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at midnight on 15th August 1947. India Chose to become a Secular Country Partition was enacted by the Indian Independence Act 1947 which led to the end of The British Raj. Pakistan became an independent country on 14th of August 1947 whereas India got independence a day later and both the side paid huge prize. i) Violence broke out ii) Brutality & Killing iii) Families were uprooted from the soil of their ancestors. And due to this we are still paying the prize. All the while, communal violence coast escalating. estimates of the death toll post-partition range from 200,000 to 2 million. Many were killed by members of other communities. Though communal violence is not new to India But... Something is different now. If we talk abou
