Radcliffe Line

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international boundary political border

The Radcliffe Line is the boundary demarcation drawn in 1947 that divided British India into the newly independent nations of India and Pakistan.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Indo-Pakistan border demarcation line	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international boundary → political border →
affectsRegion	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) → surface form: East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Punjab → surface form: Punjab (India) Punjab, Pakistan → surface form: Punjab (Pakistan) West Bengal →
alsoKnownAs	Radcliffe Line → surface form: Indo-Pakistan border demarcation line
announcedBy	Lord Louis Mountbatten → surface form: Lord Mountbatten
associatedEvent	communal violence during Partition → mass migration during Partition →
boundaryCommissionHead	Cyril Radcliffe → surface form: Sir Cyril Radcliffe
boundaryType	land border →
colonialPowerInvolved	United Kingdom →
commissionedBy	UK government → surface form: British government
controversy	lack of local consultation → late publication of award →
countryBorder	India → Pakistan →
createdNewBordersFor	Dominion of India → Dominion of Pakistan →
dateEstablished	1947-08-17 →
decisionBody	Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal →
dividedFormerEntity	British India →
documentName	Radcliffe Award →
drawnBy	Cyril Radcliffe →
historicalPeriod	Partition of India →
impact	large-scale refugee crisis → long-term India–Pakistan conflict →
implementedOn	1947-08-15 →
legalBasis	Indian Independence Act 1947 →
lengthApproxKm	2900 →
mapColorConvention	often shown as thick red or black line on maps of Partition →
namedAfter	Cyril Radcliffe →
partOfProcess	decolonization of South Asia →
primaryCriterionUsed	religious demography →
regionCovered	Bengal → Jammu and Kashmir → surface form: Kashmir area (disputed) Punjab →
relatedBorder	Afghanistan–Pakistan border → surface form: Durand Line India–Pakistan Line of Control → surface form: Line of Control
relatedHistoricalFigure	Jawaharlal Nehru → Lord Louis Mountbatten → Muhammad Ali Jinnah →
separates	India → Pakistan →
successorConcept	India–Pakistan border → surface form: India–Pakistan international border
timeTakenToDraw	about five weeks →
yearOfPartition	1947 →

Referenced by (4)

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

Radcliffe Line → alsoKnownAs → Radcliffe Line →

this entity surface form: Indo-Pakistan border demarcation line

Partition of India → borderEstablished → Radcliffe Line →

Cyril Radcliffe → boundaryName → Radcliffe Line →

Cyril Radcliffe → notableWork → Radcliffe Line →