POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Partition Of India, Natural Disaster
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1 of immigration and asylum: from 1900 to the. Thesis: a historical overview of the partition of india and pakistan. The partition of india and pakistan occurred in august 1947. The main reason for this partition was due to the religious divide especially among hindus/sikhs and muslims. According to oberoi partition was a result of imperial design, internal socioeconomic and class based factors and the role of prominent individuals (oberoi, 2005, pg. The partition of british india which resulted in the formation of pakistan involved a lot of riots and killings between hindus/sikhs and muslims based largely on their religious and ethnic differences. This part relates to one of the concepts from our lecture regarding rape. Along with riots and murders, rape was also a weapon used. Women would be taken away from their homes and raped, sometimes left to die. A lot of these refugees travelled by one of three ways: transporting by train, motorized transport or foot convoys.
