INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In July 1947, about five weeks before the British were scheduled to depart the Indian subcontinent, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was commissioned to draw the borders that would divide British India into two countries – Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who drew the India-Pakistan partition line? Cyril Radcliffe who was a British Lawyer headed a border commission responsible to draw a borderline between India and Pakistan. The border came to be known as the Radcliffe Line.

Detailed explanation-3: -(Radcliffe was responsible for drawing the borders for Pakistan and India. Punjab was split into two: West Punjab became part of Pakistan and the East Punjab belonged to India. Similarly, West Bengal became a state of India, and East Bengal (now Bangladesh) became a province of Pakistan.)