It is a place, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived together in peace for hundreds of years. The only places unaltered were little villages scattered in the remote reaches of the frontier. All of northern India was in arms, in terror, or in hiding. By the time the monsoon broke, almost a million of them were dead. “In the summer of 1947, when the creation of the state of Pakistan was formally announced, ten million people-Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs-were in flight.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |