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After living in Britain for nearly half a century, Pabitra Ghosh is still gripped by a rootlessness borne after being displaced from
modern-day Bangladesh as a child.When a communal riot broke out in 1950, Ghosh, then five, fled with his family across the newly carved
Indian border from East Pakistan
anniversary of the end of British colonial rule in India, and the poorly planned carving of Pakistan from India, known as partition, which
triggered convulsions of Muslim-Hindu violence.Pabitra Ghosh, who was displaced from modern-day Bangladesh as a child, with his wife, Jane,
Photograph: HandoutFor many, the history of partition has a long, generational tail
The 1947 division resulted in one of the largest migrations in modern history and one of the worst calamities of the 20th century
An estimated 1 million people were killed in the ensuing violence, and nearly 15 million people crossed newly drawn borders into a
Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, creating enduring political and religious faultlines
In 1971, Bangladesh was formed from East Pakistan following a bloody war of independence.In efforts to preserve history, initiatives around
the world have worked to gather oral testimonies
India that were lost upon migrating to England following partition
near Dhaka he frequented as a child.Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you through the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday
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fled riots in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to Jalandhar, India
Now 87, Shani recalls seeing murdered Sikhs and Hindus and the burning of houses in Rawalpindi
who feels his experience of partition has shaped his children
Purewal, a Soas University of London professor working on a project exploring the legacy of partition, it is a question of what is
One morning, while walking along a road stretching to Fazilka, another border city, he spotted people who had travelled from Delhi, left
behind by a caravan crossinginto Pakistan.Enlisting friends, they fit nearly 15 people in the back of a horse-drawn carriage to catch up
death, listened to his stories of fleeing Mandar, Kashmir, at the age of eight to Pakistan, a year after partition.Sheikh, born in the
Midlands to a blended family of Hindus and Muslims, was instilled with the idea that nothing was definite
There remained a packed suitcase atop a wardrobe, her parents living with the belief they could be kicked out of the country at any
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
