Partition of India
Rare books and contemporary records on the bloody Partition of India
A well full of dead Sikh women (photo)
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To protect their dignity from Muslim men, Sikh women martyred themselves by jumping into a well in Thoha Khalsa village, Rawalpindi. (Extrac...
Moslems in Punjab fined £225,000 for rioting, arson and murder
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Argus, 9th May, 1947 Moslems in Punjab fined £225,000 New Delhi (AAP) A fine of £225,000 has been imposed by Sir Evan Jenk...
Ninety Hindus and Sikhs converted forcibly into Islam
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Sun, 17th March, 1947 Forcibly Converted At Chaijan village (where 47 Hindus and Sikhs were killed), 16 authorities evacuated ...
Moslems attack trains armed with swords, axes and spears
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Kalgoorlie Miner, 10th March, 1947 Moslems Attack Trains Two Sikhs killed Lahore, March 8. - A mob of 500 fanatical Mosle...
Women paraded naked by Muslims
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In March 1947, Rawalpindi saw the Massacre of Sikhs at the hands of Muslims. Women were gang-raped while many who heard about the same...
I also jumped into the well with my family
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Sardar Prithpal Singh, a survivor of Rawalpindi Sikh Massacre of March 1947 narrates how he had also jumped into a well along with his...
Four Sikh men converted forcibly into Islam
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(Extract from 'Rape of Rawalpindi'. Download / Read )
Several hundred dead Hindus and Sikhs lying around the platform
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Time Magazine, 8th September, 1947 "You have full liberty to go the limit. Take revenge as you like, but if there is one Hindu or S...
Only 1,500 known survivors from a community of 120,000 Sikhs
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Time Magazine, 15th September, 1947 Near Rohri in Pakistan several hundred Moslems stopped a train, hauled out 13 Sikhs, clubbed them to de...
I saw some Moslems carrying away my 16-year old daughter
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Time Magazine, 27th October, 1947 The Eyewitness. On this point, the witness Niranjan Singh, a Sikh, testified. Singh, a few weeks ago a pr...
History books and source materials on the bloody Partition of India
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Partition of India - SGPC Records (1946-47) Vol. 2, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (1946-47) Download / Read Rape of Rawalpindi, ...
90 Sikh women jump into well to avoid capture
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About a month ago, a Muslim communal army 3,000 strong, armed with sticks, tommy guns and hand grenades surrounded it. The villagers de...
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