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A Country Divided - How it affected me (31 July 2017)
It was one of the largest migrations the world has ever seen - with at least 10 million people on the move.
Seventy years ago, in August 1947, British colonial rule in India came to an end.
The country was divided into two independent states - Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/partition_how_it_affected_me
It was one of the largest migrations the world has ever seen - with at least 10 million people on the move.
Seventy years ago, in August 1947, British colonial rule in India came to an end.
The country was divided into two independent states - Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/partition_how_it_affected_me