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The Fading Ghosts of India's Partition: 75 Years Later, a Final Generation Recalls the Deadly Chaos of Pakistan's Birth.
The Fading Ghosts of India's Partition: 75 Years Later, a Final Generation Recalls the Deadly Chaos of Pakistan's Birth.
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New York Times . 8/15/2022, Vol. 171 Issue 59516, pA1-A8. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The article reports on the recollection by the survivors of the deadly revolution that led to Pakistan's independence from India 75 years ago as of August 2022. According to Sudarshana Rani, she was just a child when members of her family were executed during Great Britain's partition of India in 1947. Also cited are Rani's failure to find the body of her 5-year-old brother Mulk Raj, and the deaths of as much as two million people during the partition.
- Subjects :
- PARTITION of India, 1947
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03624331
- Volume :
- 171
- Issue :
- 59516
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New York Times
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 158531808