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Partition of India

  • Dominion of PakistanOn the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, two independent Dominions were set up in India. The Indian Independence Act 1947 declared…
  • Partition of IndiaIn 1905, Lord Curzon divided the Bengal Presidency into two provinces. The Muslim-majority province of Eastern Bengal and Assam emerged alongside the…
  • Direct Action DayOn the 10th of July 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru held a press conference in Bombay that shattered the hopes for a united India.
  • Muhammad Ali JinnahOn the 25th of December 1876, a boy named Mahomedali Jinnahbhai was born in a rented apartment on the second floor of Wazir Mansion near Karachi.
  • Noakhali riotsOn the 10th of October 1946, a rumor spread through the Ramganj police station area that a Hindu monk named Triambakananda had visited Rajendralal Chowdhury.
  • ÉmigréThe word émigré is the past participle of the French verb émigrer. It means to emigrate, but carries a heavier weight than simple movement across borders.