Ajit Pai @AjitPai
On this date & at this hour in 1947, the partition of #India began. One of the saddest episodes in the subcontinent's history unfolded: 1M-2M were killed, ≈15M were displaced (largely along religious lines), & provinces like Punjab & Bengal were split. https://t.co/siHXVkhx8g https://t.co/8jjzMUHJQw — PolitiTweet.org