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Partition of India in 1947...
Partition of India in 1947...
Item # 719615
August 15, 1947
EVENING CHRONICLE, Allentown, Penn., August 15, 1947
* Partition of India (1st report)
* FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2) ***
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Nations of India and Pakistan Assume British Dominion status" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage would have continues on page 6 which isn't present here.
FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2), small binding along the spine.
AI notes: On August 14, 1947, Pakistan was created as a separate dominion from British India, one day before India’s independence, in what became known as the Partition of India, the largest and most traumatic division of territory in modern history; conceived as a homeland for Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan originally included both West Pakistan (present-day Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), while India remained a secular but Hindu-majority state under Jawaharlal Nehru; the hurried British withdrawal and the drawing of new borders by the Radcliffe Commission sparked massive upheaval, leading to the displacement of more than 14 million people, sectarian violence that claimed up to one million lives, and the enduring hostility between India and Pakistan, especially over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
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