Two men carry an old woman in a homemade apparatus during the period after the partition of the Brit
Two men carry an old woman in a homemade apparatus during the period after the partition of the British colony of India, 1947. Over 10 million people moved between the new nations of India and Pakistan, often with only the possessions they could carry on their backs. Terrible resentment and violence accompanied this migration, as some Hindus and Muslims took out their frustration on the other group. At least a million people died in the chaos and violence.{WHF} {HTE} {Medium} -- source link
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