India and pakistan

Social History, Politics, Asia, The Partition of India and Pakistan, pic: 1947, Muslim refugees from India at a refugee camp

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On August 15, 1947, the British Raj became the two independent nations of India and Pakistan. The effects of that day are still felt.

Tensions rise between India and Pakistan after the latter shot down an Indian UAV in its territory.

70 years ago, Partition came into effect, dividing British India into two new, independent countries:

1947 | Trains with people spilling out of compartments and packed atop roofs remain the iconic images of Partition. From both sides of the Punjab, thousands of refugees travelled by train to either India or the newly-created Pakistan.

Map created by Choudhry Rahmat Ali found via Wikimedia The map above was created by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who was a Pakistani nationalist and is often credited with coming up with the name 'Pakistan.' In Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever? he wrote: "At this solemn hour in the history...