Indian Partition (aug 15, 1947 – aug 15, 1947)

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the division of British India[c] into two independent dominion states, India and Pakistan. The partition displaced between 10 and 20 million people along religious lines, creating overwhelming refugee crises in the newly constituted dominions. There was large-scale violence, with estimates of loss of life accompanying or preceding the partition disputed and varying between several hundred thousand and two million

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