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The '''Partition of India''' was the historical division of the countries of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. It started with Pakistan's independence from India on [[17 August]] [[1947]] and resulted in mass displacement and deaths. | The '''Partition of India''' was the historical division of the countries of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. It started with Pakistan's independence from India on [[17 August]] [[1947]] and resulted in mass displacement and deaths. | ||
Revision as of 03:55, 13 November 2018
The Partition of India was the historical division of the countries of India and Pakistan. It started with Pakistan's independence from India on 17 August 1947 and resulted in mass displacement and deaths.
The United Kingdom was blamed for the partition. Prem disparaged the British for "carving [his country] up slapdash in six weeks." (TV: Demons of the Punjab)
Cities such as Karachi, which had been part of India in the 1930s, (AUDIO: Storm Warning) became part of Pakistan, (TV: The Waters of Mars) as lines were drawn, and populations relocated. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)
There was often religious tension between the peoples of both countries as India was mainly Hindu whereas Pakistan was intended to be a nation for Muslims. Hindu and Muslim intermarriages, such as with Prem and Umbreen, were shunned. Prem was killed by his own brother Manish for this, who had previously killed the holy man who was to perform his wedding.
The Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan, Ryan Sinclair and Graham O'Brien visited India and Pakistan during the partition. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)
