Partition of India

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The Partition of India was the 1947 division of British India into the two independent dominions of India and Pakistan, accompanied by massive communal violence and one of the largest population displacements in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political partition ⓘ
territorial division ⓘ
borderEstablished Radcliffe Line ⓘ
cause Mountbatten Plan ⓘ
demand for a separate Muslim homeland ⓘ
end of British colonial rule in India ⓘ
religious and communal tensions ⓘ
characterizedBy ethnic cleansing ⓘ
forced migration ⓘ
massacres ⓘ
religious riots ⓘ
consequence Kashmir conflict ⓘ
communal violence ⓘ
creation of India ⓘ
creation of Pakistan ⓘ
division of Bengal ⓘ
division of Punjab ⓘ
mass migration ⓘ
refugee crisis ⓘ
countryDivided British India ⓘ
date 1947-08-14 ⓘ
1947-08-15 ⓘ
dividedReligiousCommunities Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Hinduism

Muslims ⓘ
Sikhs ⓘ
linked to: Sikhism
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
estimatedDeaths hundreds of thousands ⓘ
up to two million ⓘ
estimatedDisplacedPersons around 10 million ⓘ
over 10 million ⓘ
hasAftermath communal tensions in South Asia ⓘ
long-term India–Pakistan rivalry ⓘ
ongoing border disputes ⓘ
hasComponent Radcliffe Line demarcation ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India

partition of Assam ⓘ
partition of Bengal ⓘ
partition of Punjab ⓘ
partition of Sylhet ⓘ
involvedOrganization All-India Muslim League ⓘ
British Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Indian National Congress ⓘ
keyFigure Cyril Radcliffe ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
legalBasis Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
location British India ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
locationAffected Assam ⓘ
Bengal region ⓘ
linked to: Bengal

Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India

Kashmir ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir

North-West Frontier Province ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab region ⓘ
linked to: Punjab

Sindh ⓘ
proposedBy All-India Muslim League ⓘ
relatedEvent Direct Action Day ⓘ
Indian independence movement ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 ⓘ
linked to: Kashmir conflict
resultedInCreationOf Dominion of India ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Pakistan
studiedIn South Asian history ⓘ
migration studies ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
timePeriod 1947 ⓘ

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Independence Day (India) → relatedEvent → Partition of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Independence Day
Partition of India → hasComponent → Radcliffe Line demarcation ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
Indian Independence Act 1947 → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ
Indian Independence Act 1947 → relatedTo → Mountbatten Plan ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
Northern India → hasHistoricalEvent → Partition of India 1947 ⓘ
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linked to: Partition of India
Dominion of India → resultOf → Partition of British India ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
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Kashmir conflict → relatedToEvent → Partition of India ⓘ
Independence Day of Pakistan → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ
Pakistan Armed Forces → foundingEvent → Partition of India ⓘ
Partition of Assam → partOf → Partition of India ⓘ
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Partition of Assam → hasCause → Partition of British India along religious lines ⓘ
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linked to: Partition of India
Direct Action Day → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ
Radcliffe Line → historicalPeriod → Partition of India ⓘ
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linked to: Partition of India
India–United Kingdom relations → hasHistoricalEvent → Partition of British India ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
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linked to: Partition of India
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Akhand Bharat → isRelatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ
Operation Polo → relatedEvent → Partition of India ⓘ
Why I Killed Gandhi → about → Partition of India ⓘ
Amrita Pritam → writingTheme → Partition of India ⓘ
Indian Union Muslim League → foundedAfter → Partition of India ⓘ
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India Wins Freedom → subject → Partition of India ⓘ
Punjabi Muslims → majorHistoricalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ
Saleem Sinai → linkedTo → Partition of India ⓘ
Pakistan Movement → significantEvent → Partition of India ⓘ
Pakistan Movement → result → Partition of British India ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
Governor-General’s House, Dhaka → associatedWithEvent → Partition of British India ⓘ
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Golden Age of Hindi cinema → influencedBy → Partition of India ⓘ
Partition of Bengal 1947 → partOf → Partition of India ⓘ
Bengali nationalism → historicalContext → Partition of India (1947) ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
India–Pakistan relations → historicalBasis → Partition of British India ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India
Subh-e-Azadi → theme → Partition of India ⓘ
Subh-e-Azadi → theme → Partition of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India