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75 years of Indian independence: Reliving memories

In August 1947, India won its independence and split into two new states – India and Pakistan. The turmoil that followed marred the birth of the two newly independent nations.

In August 1947, India won its independence from British rule and split into two new states – India and Pakistan. The turmoil and trauma that followed marred the birth of the two newly independent nations.

Hundreds of thousands were killed, and an estimated 15 million were displaced, as Muslims migrated to Pakistan and Hindus crossed the border into India.
It’s often cited as one of the biggest movements of people in history.

The issue continues to be debated with a sharp clash of narratives, but it is the individuals and families on both sides of the border who still carry painful memories of the displacement.

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we revisit and relive some of those memories of pain, nostalgia, anguish and hope, and talk to those who are helping to preserve these stories for future generations.

Presenter: Devina Gupta
Contributors: Lady Kishwar Desai, author, chairperson, Partition Museum; Aanchal Malhotra, writer, oral historian; Saadia Gardezi, co-founder and Pakistan lead, Project Dastaan

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26 minutes

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Sun 14 Aug 2022 04:32GMT

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In a picture taken on August 5, 2022, Mumtaz Bibi, who recently reunited with her brothers from Punjab in India, attends a mobile video call with her nephew in Sheikhupura, a district in the province of Punjab, northwest of Lahore. Mumtaz, who was separated from her family during partition seventy-five-years ago, finally met her siblings in the Kartarpur corridor earlier this year (Credit: Farooq Naaem/AFP via Getty Images)

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