The independence of India was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it soon descended into unimaginable violence and suffering based on attempted religious purification.

 

 

Main sources/further reading:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/india-pakistan-partition-imperial-britain.html

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/the-road-to-partition/

The Great Partition: the making of India and Pakistan - Yasmin Khan

Remembering Partition: violence, nationalism and history in India - Gyanendra Pandey Partition - Barney White-Spunner

India & Pakistan – Ian Talbot

India’s Partition – Mushirul Hasan

Facts are facts: The untold story of India’s Partition – Wali Khan