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Extremely Rare Photos From 1947 That Show The Horror Of Partition


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After gaining independence from British Raj, India was to be divided into two separate countries (India and Pakistan). A major population exchange happened with around 25 million people relocating to their new homes and what followed was complete chaos. A large evil loomed over the population that was shifting to a new country once the borders were drawn. Religious riots along with acts of oppression and cruelty marked this huge event as a dark blot on the history of the two countries.

The horror and the magnitude of suffering was unimaginable, but here are a few photos that depict the dismay of the people who crossed borders and the horrible state it left both the countries in:

 

1. Millions on a journey to restart their lives

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2. Family partitioned from their son

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3. A room full of tears

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4. A makeshift drip for a makeshift life

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5. Countless bodies being buried 

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6. A mother lost in thought with an infant on her lap

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7. Vultures feed off the dead

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8. The weak carrying the weaker 

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9. Sidelined from life

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10. Souls turn to dust as others pass by

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11. A lake of blood and tears

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12. Wreckage left after millions were uprooted 

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13. The living dead

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14. Walking towards an unknown future

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15. Thousands board the Uncertainty Express

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16. Carrying what's left of their lives

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17. The North Western Railways carries hopes of millions

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18. When life gives up on you

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19. Burdened with life on their shoulders

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20. Making do with what they have

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21. The other side of life

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22. Exhaustion brought them to their knees

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23. The residue of riots plague the streets

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24. Journey to a new land

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25. Time went on but the tracks ran out

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26. An expression that perfectly describes the chaos of the partition

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appatlo, who is decision maker, antae - evaru india lo vundali- evaru pak ki povali ani

 

 

religion aiythe kadhu anukuntunna - ala aiythe - ind lo muslims vundaru kadha

 

 

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*L({}  last yr kuda nuvvey vesaavu, partition kaadhu plague photos ani disco ayyindhi :3D_Smiles_38:

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There are few documentaries about partitioning.. i watched them a while back.
As i remember, british were not able to complete the process of deciding the boundaries before they leave. By that time tensions araised between both regions on which will be part of india and which will be not... and communal riots took place.

 

Muslims who felt threated left for Pakistan and hindus from Pakistan fled to India.

 

 

appatlo, who is decision maker, antae - evaru india lo vundali- evaru pak ki povali ani

 

 

religion aiythe kadhu anukuntunna - ala aiythe - ind lo muslims vundaru kadha

 

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ee british lanjodukulu

only india pak ane kaadu

 

anni deshalalo chichu petti poyar

 

ipudu valla desham motta gudustundi

 

karma bites back ante ide

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