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.

Aliases (8)

Mountbatten Plan ×2
Partition of British India ×2
Partition of India 1947 ×2
Partition of India in 1947 ×2
Partition of Bengal 1947 ×1
Partition of British India 1947 (major impact) ×1
Partition of British India along religious lines ×1
Radcliffe Line demarcation ×1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event → political partition → territorial division →
borderEstablished	Radcliffe Line →
cause	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	Hindus → Muslims → Sikhs →
enactedBy	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	Radcliffe Line demarcation → partition of Assam → partition of Bengal → partition of Punjab → partition of Sylhet →
involvedOrganization	All-India Muslim League → British Government → Indian National Congress →
keyFigure	Cyril Radcliffe → Jawaharlal Nehru → Lord Louis Mountbatten → Mahatma Gandhi → Muhammad Ali Jinnah →
language	Bengali → English → Hindi → Punjabi → Urdu →
legalBasis	Indian Independence Act 1947 →
location	British India → South Asia →
locationAffected	Assam → Bengal region → Delhi → Kashmir → North-West Frontier Province → Punjab region → Sindh →
proposedBy	All-India Muslim League →
relatedEvent	Direct Action Day → Indian independence movement → Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 →
resultedInCreationOf	Dominion of India → Dominion of Pakistan →
studiedIn	South Asian history → migration studies → postcolonial studies →
timePeriod	1947 →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Direct Action Day → Independence Day (India) → Independence Day (India) ("Mountbatten Plan") → Independence Day of Pakistan → Indian Independence Act 1947 → Indian Independence Act 1947 ("Mountbatten Plan") →	relatedTo
Muhajir people → Punjab ("Partition of India in 1947") → Sindhi people →	historicalEvent
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → Lahore ("Partition of British India 1947 (major impact)") →	event
India–United Kingdom relations ("Partition of British India") → Northern India ("Partition of India 1947") →	hasHistoricalEvent
Pakistan Armed Forces →	foundingEvent
Partition of Assam ("Partition of British India along religious lines") →	hasCause
Partition of India ("Radcliffe Line demarcation") →	hasComponent
Indian nationalism ("Partition of India 1947") →	hasKeyEvent
Punjabi people →	historicallyAffectedByEvent
Radcliffe Line →	historicalPeriod
Pakistan →	independenceEvent
Kashmiris ("Partition of India in 1947") →	partitionEvent
Partition of Assam →	partOf
British Sind →	partOfEvent
Independence Day (India) →	relatedEvent
Kashmir conflict →	relatedToEvent
Dominion of India ("Partition of British India") →	resultOf
Midnight's Children →	setInPeriod
Bengal ("Partition of Bengal 1947") →	underwentEvent