The Partition : India and Pakistan

Seventy years ago, in August 1947 :

British colonial rule in India came to an end.

The country was divided into two independent states -

Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan

It was one of the largest migrations the world has ever seen

- with at least 10 million people on the move.

Millions of Muslims moved to West and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)

Millions of Hindus and Sikhs travelled to be within India's new borders.

Sentiments of our posters SCA and  Kwami 

"I think it's important to heal. The wound may have been covered over
but it is still eating away at the body of the people who live
in the Indian subcontinent and the diaspora"

"It's still continuing to this day.
For me the reverberations of partition exist in our everyday ".

yours truly, ketchim : 

"I was outta there on a Slave ship, the Mayflower

Landed British Guiana in 1888 ......granted Independence in 1966

...Migrated Toronto, Canada circa mid 70s"

Goog Lee got caught in a dual personality 

"Anglo Caribbean sweet bhai and being a Hindu Pandit in Florida, America"

Dennis, British Army :

"We were fairly thin on the ground by August 1947.
On Independence Day I was in Lahore making my way back to England.
I remember people shaking my hand saying :
‘Thank you. Thank you for making us independent.’

"We all - sort of people like myself, British officers

- felt partition went through too fast.

The whole thing was not thought through..

I think the British government of the day was anxious to get it done quickly.

It was a great mistake." 

and now the boming capital

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=110696.msg743935#msg743935 date=1501511255]
Goog Lee got caught in a dual personality 

"Anglo Caribbean sweet bhai and being a Hindu Pandit in Florida, America"




[/quote] ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::

doan forget the "I" from the PI! 

Everything that kETCHEM  posted here makes no sense. No rhyme or reason.