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Ramanjit Singh
Lahore in 1946
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More images can be found by searching "Bourke White Lahore 1946"
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Mar 28
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West Punjab refugees in Kingsway Camp, Delhi, 1953
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Reference: https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/27-painful-pictures-of-partition-which-killed-a-million-people-and-forced-10-million-to-flee-across-border-for-safety-372784.html This photograph is o
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May 30, 2020
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Sikhs migrating to India - 1947
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Jul 7, 2019
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Amritsar, March 1947
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Linesmen repairing phone lines after the riots in March, 1947. (C) Getty Images
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Jan 26, 2019
Ramanjit Singh
Lahore 158 Kilometers
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The screenshot is from the Ludhiana area as the distance from this area is about 158 kilometers from Lahore. The video which shows this particular scene also has a shot of Ambala Cantt railway station
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Nov 11, 2018
Ramanjit Singh
Purana Qila - Delhi
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In her memoir, Anis Kidwai describes the Purana Qila refugee camp in Delhi: "From the hospital, one had a vantage view of the entire camp. As far as the eye could see, tents and tin-roofed shelters we
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Oct 11, 2018
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Crossing a bridge
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August and September saw heavy rains in Punjab.
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Oct 11, 2018
Ramanjit Singh
Evacuee Resettlement Card
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Credits: Avina Kohli, article in Scroll.in titled "Partition’s ghosts: Stories of the evacuee whose property became my family home". Link below. Writer Avina Kohli has written a beautiful article a
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Jan 25
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Refugees going to Pakistan
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May 30, 2020
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Packed to capacity
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Title: Trains, used to transport refugees across the border, were packed to capacity Creator: The Railway Gazette “Refugee Travel between India and Pakistan”, 24 October 1947 (From the personal coll
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May 26, 2019
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Lahore, March 1947
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12 March 1947: Three wounded Indian policemen receive treatment following riots in Lahore, when Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims clashed over the decision to incorporate the region of Punjab into the state o
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Jan 7, 2019
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Muslim refugees moving out of India
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Ambala Cantt railway station in East Punjab. Muslim refugees on train moving out of India. Also view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pag5eJ0dtaY
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Nov 11, 2018
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Education camps for refugee girls in Pakistan
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Oct 11, 2018
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Registration of Refugees from West Punjab
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Oct 11, 2018
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West Punjab Refugees near Delhi
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Homeless Refugees at Tihar village, in Delhi during 1950. Reference: https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/27-painful-pictures-of-partition-which-killed-a-million-people-and-forced-10-million-to-flee-
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May 30, 2020
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Nehru at Women's Rehabilitation camp
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Refugee Women learning how to spin yarn, 1947 (Courtesy the Partition Museum): The government of India undertook to train unaccompanied refugee women and girls in tasks that would make them capable o
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Dec 29, 2019
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Humayun's Tomb - Muslim refugee camp, Delhi
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Mar 2, 2019
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Muslim man headed to Pakistan
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23 August 1947: A Muslim man smiles onboard a train departing from New Delhi to Pakistan Keystone/Getty Images. Link: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/partition-70th-anniversary-violent-birth-independent-ind
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Jan 7, 2019
Ramanjit Singh
Migration
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Nov 11, 2018
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Women During Partition
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Article: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/NgLipa3cEYX3Lg
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Oct 11, 2018