The Partition of British India on 14-15 August 1947 That Killed Up to 2 Million in the Largest Population Displacement of the Twentieth Century
British India was partitioned into the Dominion of Pakistan (14 August 1947) and the Dominion of India (15 August 1947). The communal violence that accompanied the partition killed up to 2 million Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs across northwest and northeast India. Approximately 14-18 million people were displaced — the largest forced migration of the twentieth century.
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