“The Partition of India appeared to prove everyone in worst fears” -
I. most abrupt, unplanned and tragic transfer of population that human history has known.
ii.There were killings and atrocities on both sides of the border.
iii. In the name of religion people of one community ruthlessly ** and maimed people of the other community.
iv. Amritsar and Kolkata became divided into ‘communal zones’ Minorities on both sides of the border fled their home and often secured temporary shelter in ‘*** camps’.
v. They often found unhelpful local administration and police
vi. Thousands of were abducted on both sides of the border. They were made to convert to the religion of the abductor and were forced into marriage. In many cases were ** by their own family members to preserve the ‘family honour’.
Vii. The employees of the government and the railways were also ‘divided’
