B. A. Part II Semester III, Paper No. IV Partition Literature Communal Conflicts and Violence After three hundred years of rule, finally, the British left India in August 1947. The dream of independent India came true but at the cost of the Partition . Due to Partition two independent nations – India and Pakistan were formed. The announcement of the Partition was followed by a horrific (भयावह) period of communal violence and population transfer . Millions of Muslims migrated to Pakistan, while millions of Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India. Many of them unfortunately never made it. It is one of the greatest migrations ( स्थलांतर) in human history . They had to leave behind all their properties and belongings overnight ( रातोरात) . They had to travel on foot, bullock carts, and trains. Punjab saw the maximum number of displaced persons from Pakistan . 4.7 million ( दशलक्ष) Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India from Pakistan. 6.5 million Muslims migrated to Pa...
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