WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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An occupation of East Pakistan by the British army to assist the transition
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A large wave of migration of Muslims to India and Hindus to Pakistan
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An extension of the British occupation in India to weaken the transition
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A large wave of migration of Muslims to Pakistan and Hindus to India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Partition triggered riots, mass casualties, and a colossal wave of migration. Millions of people moved to what they hoped would be safer territory, with Muslims heading towards Pakistan, and Hindus and Sikhs in the direction of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The partition caused large-scale loss of life and an unprecedented migration between the two dominions. Among refugees that survived, it solidified the belief that safety lay among co-religionists. In the instance of Pakistan, it made palpable a hitherto only imagined refuge for the Muslims of British India.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was deeply scarring and traumatic, changing their lives dramatically, uprooting them from places and communities where they had lived for generations. They lost languages, ways of life, property, heirlooms, people. It shaped their attitudes toward government, minorities and the concept of home.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the time of Partition, most of the refugees were from the Punjab. It is estimated between 10 and 12 million migrated in the months around Partition. The 1940s were an intense time of dislocation globally, but even so, outside war and famine this was the largest migration in human history.
Detailed explanation-5: -what were some of the effects of the partition of India? effect on the hindu/muslim relations-the muslims killed hindus and silhs moving in india. the silhs and hindus killing muslims moved into pakistan. over 1 million died.