16. Partition
Empire: World History
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The Challenging Task of Splitting Up India
In just 10 weeks, Cyril Radcliffe was tasked with dividing India into Pakistan and India based solely on religious identity. With no prior knowledge of India and without visiting any villages, he had an impossible task. The division was as random as cutting people in half based on their height. Despite the complexity of the country, Radcliffe had only ten weeks to complete the task.
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