They were not Hindus, Sikhs or Muslims! They were all human beings like we are, made of flesh and bone!
And yet they were ethnically cleansed! And not in hundreds or thousands! In millions!
Why?
And they were not criminals! They were innocent people! And a region where people from all communities lived in peace and harmony for centuries and yet one of the worst genocides in history took place in this part of the world!
Why?
10 million unwanted Punjabis crossed the border; some 500,000 were killed!
Why?
The following images were captured by Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971). A great photographer of all time,she was Time-Life’s photo-correspondent in India and Pakistan in 1946-7.
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