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Midnight Partition and the Radcliffe Line

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At midnight on August 15, 1947, a single decision ended British rule

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in India and instantly created two new countries. The British Parliament passed the Indian

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Independence Act in July 1947. It ordered the subcontinent to be divided into India and Pakistan.

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The task of drawing the border was given to Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer. He arrived in India

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in July 1947 and was given just five weeks. Radcliffe chaired two boundary commissions

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Punjab and Bengal. He worked under pressure, using outdated maps and census data.

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As independence approached, violence spread across Punjab and Bengal.

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On August 14–15, power transferred at midnight. But the actual borders the Radcliffe Line

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