“Some youthful persons are overtly acknowledging that ‘my household carries this and so do I’.”

The 1947 Partition created two newly-independent states – India and Pakistan – and triggered maybe the largest motion of individuals in historical past, outdoors battle and famine.

About 12 million individuals grew to become refugees. Between half one million and one million individuals had been killed in spiritual violence.

As the 2 international locations observe 75 years since their formation, the BBC’s Nikita Mandhani spoke to younger Indians and Pakistanis about how this historical past continues to affect them.

India, the world’s largest democracy, is celebrating 75 years of independence from British rule. That is the third story within the BBC’s particular sequence on this milestone.

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