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The Partition of India, 1947 — How 14 Months of Decolonization Created 70 Years of Conflict
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## The Partition of India, 1947 — How 14 Months of Decolonization Created 70 Years of Conflict Lord Mountbatten had 13 months to partition a subcontinent. Cyril Radcliffe had 5 weeks to draw the borders — borders he had never seen on the ground. The result was the largest forced migration in history: 14 million people displaced, up to 2 million dead. **In the full node:** The Mountbatten timeline, how the Radcliffe Line was drawn, the mass communal violence, and the lasting India-Pakistan-Bangladesh triangle. 📖 [Read: The Partition of India, 1947](/node/2020)
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