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India Partition – Through My Eyes: how and why many Indian and Pakistani families made the move to Britain as the result of Partition
Imperial War Museum
English
Britain finally released its control over India in 1947 by which time there was a strong commitment from the Muslim League for a separate state.
The result was the creation of the largely Muslim Pakistan and the Hindu dominated India. Some provinces such as Bengal and the Punjab were split and the Sikh community which lived in the Punjab had to choose between the two nations.
There are pictures and film strips of the events leading up to the partition of India as well as the stories of some of the Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs affected.
The exhibition explains the significance of the historical links which caused many Indians to leave for Britain in response to the social and economic upheaval following Partition
While giving a clear account as to how and why many Indian and Pakistani families made the move to Britain as the result of Partition, the exhibition also points to the conflict in 1971 surrounding the secession of Bangladesh from Pakistan as a causal factor for migration.
There are links to accounts by Vietnamese Boat Refugees, Holocaust survivors, Basque evacuees, Bosnian and Kosovan Albanian refugees, survivors of the Rwandan genocide and Kenyan Asians
Liz Peadon
CREDS Cambridgeshire County Council
Researcher
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