Dec 24, 2016

Mass migration during independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 Part - 3

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These photographs taken in 1947 during the period of independence of India and Pakistan. The photographer is Margaret Bourke-White. These photographs collected from Life Archive hosted by Google.

Eyes

Everyone Ready

We shall overcome

Not Everyone

Who are you?

Family of Sikh refugees fr. Lahore about to be settled as male members of their family are out seeing about land allotments.

Destination ......?

Nobody Cares

Mulsim man carrying his hookah in one hand while balancing pole holding his 5-yr. old son in convoy to West Punjab to escape anti-moslem Sikhs.

Frontier guards checking a truck convoy of migrating refugees on their way to Pakistan on the border of India.