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The Great Partition

9 min read 13 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A ground-level history of the 1947 Partition of India, revealing how a hastily drawn border caused the largest mass migration in history, unleashing violence and trauma that still haunt South Asia.

You’ll learn

  • Partition was a rushed, catastrophic decision
  • Violence was organized, not spontaneous
  • Fifteen million people were uprooted
  • The trauma still poisons India-Pakistan relations