Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal

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ad hoc tribunal boundary commission judicial body

The Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal were ad hoc tribunals established in 1947 under Sir Cyril Radcliffe to demarcate the partition boundaries between India and Pakistan in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bengal Boundary Commission 2
Punjab Boundary Commission 2
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ad hoc tribunal ⓘ
boundary commission ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
surface form: Radcliffe Boundary Commissions

Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
surface form: Radcliffe Commissions
appliesToJurisdiction Bengal ⓘ
Dominion of India ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
Eastern Bengal ⓘ
surface form: East Bengal

Punjab ⓘ
surface form: East Punjab

India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: West Punjab
appointedBy British authorities ⓘ
surface form: British government

Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
surface form: Lord Mountbatten
authorizedBy Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
chairperson Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
surface form: Cyril Radcliffe
composedOf equal number of nominees from Indian National Congress and All-India Muslim League on each commission ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
facetOf decolonization of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
fieldOfWork international boundary demarcation ⓘ
territorial delimitation ⓘ
hasEffect creation of international border between India and Pakistan in Bengal ⓘ
creation of international border between India and Pakistan in Punjab ⓘ
division of Bengal province ⓘ
division of Punjab province ⓘ
hasGoal demarcation of boundary between India and Pakistan in Bengal ⓘ
demarcation of boundary between India and Pakistan in Punjab ⓘ
implementation of Indian Independence Act 1947 boundary provisions ⓘ
hasPart Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bengal Boundary Commission

Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Punjab Boundary Commission
historicalPeriod end of British rule in India ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalForm temporary tribunal ⓘ
locationOfWork Bengal ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
namedAfter Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
surface form: Cyril Radcliffe
output Radcliffe Line ⓘ
surface form: Radcliffe Line in Bengal

Radcliffe Line ⓘ
surface form: Radcliffe Line in Punjab
partOf Partition of India ⓘ
reasonForDissolution completion of boundary demarcation ⓘ
significantEvent announcement of Radcliffe Award on 17 August 1947 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Radcliffe Line → decisionBody → Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal ⓘ
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → hasPart → Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punjab Boundary Commission
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → hasPart → Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bengal Boundary Commission
Radcliffe Award → relatedCommission → Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punjab Boundary Commission
Radcliffe Award → relatedCommission → Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bengal Boundary Commission