Radcliffe Commission

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British government body boundary commission

The Radcliffe Commission was a British boundary-drawing body led by Sir Cyril Radcliffe that in 1947 demarcated the borders between India and Pakistan, including the partition of Bengal and Punjab.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Radcliffe Boundary Commission 1
Radcliffe Boundary Commissions 1
Radcliffe Commission report 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British government body ⓘ
boundary commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominion of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy British Indian government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Mountbatten NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairperson Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
effect contested borders between India and Pakistan ⓘ
large-scale population displacement ⓘ
endTime August 1947 ⓘ
fieldOfWork border delimitation ⓘ
international boundary law ⓘ
followedBy Indo-Pakistani boundary disputes ⓘ
hasMember Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Bengal Boundary Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab Boundary Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
historyOfTopic Bangladesh–India border NERFINISHED ⓘ
India–Pakistan border NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
jurisdiction territories of future India and Pakistan ⓘ
legalBasis Indian Independence Act 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfWork Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork award of boundary awards for Bengal ⓘ
award of boundary awards for Punjab ⓘ
partOf partition of British India ⓘ
process of Indian independence ⓘ
product Radcliffe Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDissolution completion of boundary demarcation ⓘ
significantEvent Partition of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
creation of the Radcliffe Line ⓘ
startTime July 1947 ⓘ
task demarcation of the boundary between India and Pakistan ⓘ
partition of Bengal ⓘ
partition of Punjab ⓘ

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Partition of Bengal 1947 → boundaryDefinedBy → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
India–Pakistan border → hasDemarcationAuthority → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → alsoKnownAs → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radcliffe Commissions
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → alsoKnownAs → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radcliffe Boundary Commissions
Radcliffe Award → issuedBy → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radcliffe Boundary Commission
Radcliffe Award → basedOn → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radcliffe Commission report