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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Radcliffe Line canonical 9
Bengal Boundary 1
Indo-Pakistan border demarcation line 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 (14)

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

Partition of India → borderEstablished → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe → notableWork → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe → boundaryName → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Radcliffe Line → alsoKnownAs → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Pakistan border demarcation line
Indo-Pakistani wars → relatedTo → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Partition of Bengal 1947 → followedBy → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radcliffe Line demarcation in Bengal
Partition of Bengal 1947 → boundaryDefinedBy → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
India–Pakistan border → hasSegment → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Indo–Bangladesh International Border → historicalPrecursor → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Baron Radcliffe → notableWork → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
subject surface form: Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → output → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radcliffe Line in Punjab
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → output → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radcliffe Line in Bengal
Radcliffe Award → appliesToRegion → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bengal Boundary
Radcliffe Award → defines → Radcliffe Line ⓘ