Mass migration during independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 Part - 6

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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.

Sikhs migrating to Hindu section of Punjab after the partitioning of India.

Boy sitting on rock ledge above refugee camp.

Sikh carrying his wife on his shoulders as he walks with others migrating to their new homeland after the creation of Sikh and Hindu section of Punjab India due to the division of India.

Aged Muslim Indian couple w. their four grandchildren sit abandoned by roadside because they could not keep up with their caravan fleeing fr. East to West Punjab to escape anti-Moslem Sikhs.

Wreckage fr. carts & belongings Indian refugees who had been camped there before the Beas River flooded over, during mass migration because of religious conflicts.

The mutilated body of a male Moslem, the victim of a Sikh attack at railroad train station, the origin of the "Pakistan Special Train" intended to take Moslems to liberty in West Punjab.

Migrating Family

Sikhs migrating to the Hindu section of Punjab (Pakistan) after the division of India.

Mass migration during independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 Part - 5

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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.

Sikh and his family in convoy migrating to East Punjab after the division of India

Mass Migration

Mass Migration

Mass Migration

Massacre at Beas Station

Death

Goodbye

Vultures

Cry

Mass migration during independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 Part - 4

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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.

Destination Unknown

Too Tired

Motherhood

Going !

Confusion

Paperworks

We will go

Cart and water

Citizen of a new country

Don't know where

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.

Mass migration during independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 Part - 2

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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.

Moslem refugees camp near Humayun's Tomb where thousands are gathering to form a convoy to Pakistan in effort to avoid the Sikh violence against Muslims which is sweeping across India.

Help?

Citizens of a New Republic

Wreckage fr. carts & belongings Indian refugees who had been camped there before the Beas River flooded over, during mass migration because of religious conflicts.

Independence! What?

Birth of a Nation

End

Price

View at Purano Qila fortress refugee camp where thousands of Moslems who have fled their homes in terror of Hindu attacks are trying to survive until they can organize a convoy for the long march to the West Punjab, now Moslem Pakistan.

Tomorrow?

Mass migration during independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 Part - 1

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.

An estimated 25 million Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs (1947-present) crossed the newly drawn borders to reach their new homelands. These estimates are based on comparisons of decadal censuses from 1941 and 1951 with adjustments for normal population growth in the areas of migration. In northern India - undivided Punjab and North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) - nearly 12 million were forced to move from as early as March 1947 following the Rawalpindi violence. (Wikipedia)

In the aftermath of partition, a huge population exchange occurred between the two newly-formed states (India and Pakistan). About 14.5 million people crossed the borders, including 7,226,000 Muslims came to Pakistan from India while 7,249,000 Hindus and Sikhs moved to India from Pakistan. About 5.5 millions settled in Punjab Pakistan and around 1.5 millions settled in Sindh. (Wikipedia)

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Dead Child

Transport

Family

Ride

Faces

Aftermath

Dust

Journey

Purano Qila fortress refugee camp housing thousands of Moslems who have fled their homes fearing Hindu attacks; they are trying to survive until they can organize long march to West Punjab which has become Moslem Pakistan. (Location - Delhi)

View at Purano Qila fortress refugee camp where thousands of Moslems who have fled their homes in terror of Hindu attacks are trying to survive until they can organize a convoy for the long march to the West Punjab, now Moslem Pakistan. (Location - Delhi)