Living through Conflict
The government had not anticipated the scale of the violence that erupted at the time of Partition and were not well prepared to control it. Community riots, religiously-targeted violence and violence against women were widespread and an estimated 12-15 million people became refugees.
The Partition of India (1947) author: Partage_de_linde
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Humayun's Tomb by Francisco Anzola
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Map "Prevailing Religions of the British Indian Empire, 1909"
Indian children with Australian soldiers. Probably in Durban. © IWM (HU 138866)
