The Partition of India: 15 Million People, 73 Days
A barrister who'd never been east of Paris drew a line that still divides nations
In 73 days in 1947, a barrister with no knowledge of India drew a border dividing 15 million people. Cyril Radcliffe's pencil line through Punjab and Bengal — shaped by outdated maps, a compressed timeline driven by one man's career ambition, and at least one suspicious lunch — still determines the shape of conflict on the subcontinent today.
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