Partition of India - refugees displaced by the partition

In June 1947, leaders of the Congress Party and the Muslim League agreed that India would be divided along religious lines. Disputes over certain parts of the subcontinent have continued beyond 1947. Control over the province of Kashmir, led to two conflicts between India and Pakistan. In 1971, another conflict broke out when India supported the secession of Bangladesh (East Pakistan) from Pakistan. For many people, particularly those from the Punjab, the social and economic disruption caused by the Partition drove them to leave the subcontinent for Britain. Some had family who served in the British Army and for others, earlier patterns of migration meant that they had relatives already living in Britain.

This film clip is from The Changing East India Part 2 and shows a map of India with population data, and various clips showing refugees displaced by the partition.

This clip is taken from the Imperial War Museum's new online exhibition - 'Through My Eyes: Stories of conflict, belonging and identity.' The site can be accessed on www.throughmyeyes.org.uk. Read this and other stories in full (Film copyright of IWM Ref: MGH_6251, all rights reserved).

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[Aelcyx]

Is there supposed to be sound?

[adyrox247]

the footage is really good...highly appriciable but there is no sound at all....please post another footage with sound....and this time was the most scariest time for both the countries...really horrible

[ankitmeh83]

i cant hear ne ting omg i cant hear neting...

[NWA90s]

@tascothepublicenemy nah they deserve it, look what they did to everyone they robbed all and got away with it

[NWA90s]

fuck the british imperialist pigs

[MsJoe29]

People were slaughtered on both sides, train arrives in Delhi full of corpses from Pakistan and a train in Lahore arrived from India with the same, the Lahore railway station was littered with bodies of Hindus and sikhs fleeing who were murdered at the point of departure and platforms soaked with blood, l assume similar scenes were there in Delhi

[Rohit90901]

This is , what was the result of greed of power to rule a Nation blanketed by the Fake propoganda of patriotism(by The Nehru /Gandhi and The Jinnah) .

My Family Shifted from Lahore to Delhi, and like most of those who suffered tremendously due to This Greatly blundersome partition of a Great United Nation, It took out one complete generation of their families to get back to Normal.

What difference in today's India does it make ..even if we (Hindu's and Muslims) Live and grow together n Happily

[GrandmasterTigerfist]

The sikhs and other non-muslim groups were as well slaughtered before reaching India from pakistan but the Gurkhas marched into punjab pakistan and safely escorted many sikhs and hindus safely to India.

[tamsadeas]

how people are going safly to India. I hope they reached safe to India. but wt happend to the people coming from INDIA to PAKISTAN. they were killed in groups. too much blood sheed was for those who were coming to PAKISTAN

[TheAnitaGosain]

Looking at these videos brings tears to my eyes,did not matter whether it was a hindu or muslim running away out of fear,to an unknown future and destination......they all suffered and with them the coming generations of indians and pakistanis.No doubt we are still quarelling because we are still hurting.

[sumit06pattnaik]

good vid quality but some sound would have made it more realistic. plz add some sound.

[dinesh20079]

it is suparm video