Partition of India

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historical event political partition territorial division

The Partition of India was the 1947 division of British India into the two independent dominions of India and Pakistan, accompanied by massive communal violence and one of the largest population displacements in history.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Partition of India canonical	53
Partition of British India	9
Partition of India in 1947	3
Mountbatten Plan	2
Partition of India 1947	2
Indian independence and partition	1
India–Pakistan partition	1
Partition of Bengal 1947	1
Partition of British India 1947 (major impact)	1
Partition of British India along religious lines	1
Partition of India (1947)	1
Partition of Pakistan	1
Radcliffe Line demarcation	1
partition of British India	1
partition of India	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political partition ⓘ territorial division ⓘ
borderEstablished	Radcliffe Line ⓘ
cause	Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ surface form: Mountbatten Plan demand for a separate Muslim homeland ⓘ end of British colonial rule in India ⓘ religious and communal tensions ⓘ
characterizedBy	ethnic cleansing ⓘ forced migration ⓘ massacres ⓘ religious riots ⓘ
consequence	Kashmir conflict ⓘ communal violence ⓘ creation of India ⓘ creation of Pakistan ⓘ division of Bengal ⓘ division of Punjab ⓘ mass migration ⓘ refugee crisis ⓘ
countryDivided	British India ⓘ
date	1947-08-14 ⓘ 1947-08-15 ⓘ
dividedReligiousCommunities	Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hindus Muslims ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ surface form: Sikhs
enactedBy	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
estimatedDeaths	hundreds of thousands ⓘ up to two million ⓘ
estimatedDisplacedPersons	around 10 million ⓘ over 10 million ⓘ
hasAftermath	communal tensions in South Asia ⓘ long-term India–Pakistan rivalry ⓘ ongoing border disputes ⓘ
hasComponent	Partition of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Radcliffe Line demarcation partition of Assam ⓘ partition of Bengal ⓘ partition of Punjab ⓘ partition of Sylhet ⓘ
involvedOrganization	All India Muslim League ⓘ surface form: All-India Muslim League UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government Indian National Congress ⓘ
keyFigure	Cyril Radcliffe ⓘ Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
language	Bengali ⓘ English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
legalBasis	Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
location	British India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
locationAffected	Assam ⓘ Bengal ⓘ surface form: Bengal region New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: Delhi Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ surface form: Kashmir Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ surface form: North-West Frontier Province Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab region Sindh ⓘ
proposedBy	All India Muslim League ⓘ surface form: All-India Muslim League
relatedEvent	Direct Action Day ⓘ Indian independence movement ⓘ Kashmir conflict ⓘ surface form: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948
resultedInCreationOf	Dominion of India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
studiedIn	South Asian history ⓘ migration studies ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ
timePeriod	1947 ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

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

Pakistan → independenceEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Punjab → historicalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of India in 1947

Bengal → underwentEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of Bengal 1947

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → event → Partition of India ⓘ

Independence Day → relatedEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Independence Day (India)

Partition of India → hasComponent → Partition of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radcliffe Line demarcation

Indian Independence Act 1947 → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountbatten Plan

northern India → hasHistoricalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern India

this entity surface form: Partition of India 1947

Dominion of India → resultOf → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India

British Sind → partOfEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Punjabi people → historicallyAffectedByEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Midnight's Children → setInPeriod → Partition of India ⓘ

Independence Day (India) → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountbatten Plan

Kashmir conflict → relatedToEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Independence Day of Pakistan → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ

Pakistan Armed Forces → foundingEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

partition of Assam → partOf → Partition of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Partition of Assam

partition of Assam → hasCause → Partition of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Partition of Assam

this entity surface form: Partition of British India along religious lines

Direct Action Day → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ

Radcliffe Line → historicalPeriod → Partition of India ⓘ

Lahore → event → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India 1947 (major impact)

India–United Kingdom relations → hasHistoricalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India

Indian nationalism → hasKeyEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of India 1947

Sindhi people → historicalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Muhajir people → historicalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Kashmiris → partitionEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of India in 1947

Akhand Bharat → isRelatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ

police action Operation Polo (September 1948) → relatedEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Polo

Why I Killed Gandhi → about → Partition of India ⓘ

Amrita Pritam → writingTheme → Partition of India ⓘ

Indian Union Muslim League → foundedAfter → Partition of India ⓘ

Government of British India → significantEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: partition of British India

Majha region → historicalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Indo-Pakistani wars → relatedTo → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 → precededBy → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India

India Wins Freedom → subject → Partition of India ⓘ

Punjabi Muslims → majorHistoricalEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Saleem Sinai → linkedTo → Partition of India ⓘ

Pakistan Movement → significantEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Pakistan Movement → result → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India

Governor-General’s House, Dhaka → associatedWithEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India

Golden Age of Hindi cinema → influencedBy → Partition of India ⓘ

Partition of Bengal 1947 → partOf → Partition of India ⓘ

Bengali nationalism → historicalContext → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of India (1947)

India–Pakistan relations → historicalBasis → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of British India

India–Pakistan border → establishedAfterEvent → Partition of India ⓘ

Subh-e-Azadi → theme → Partition of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of Pakistan