9. Partition of India with millions displaced, killed Half a million people perished and twelve million became homeless in the violent migration across the Indian border as a result of Indo-pak partition.
In February 1947, the British government announced that India would be granted independence by June 1948. As India slowly progressed towards independence, tensions grew between Hindus and Muslims along the lines of proposed Muslim state of Pakistan.
on July 15, 1947 Mountbatten advanced the date of transfer of power to August 15, 1947 . With just one month left for Independence, Cyril Radcliffe, was given just a few weeks' time to demarcate a clear boundary between India and Pakistan. The lines were drawn in haste with little to no thought given on religions majority and minorities on either sides of the lines.