Partition

: The borders were not made public until 17 August 1947—two days after independence—leaving millions of people uncertain about which country they were in. 3. Immediate Humanitarian Impact

: Proposed on 3 June 1947 by the last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten , it moved the independence date forward by a year, leaving only nine weeks to execute the division. 2. The Radcliffe Line partition

Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer who had never visited India, was tasked with drawing the borders with outdated maps and census records. : The borders were not made public until

: The ideological belief, championed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League , that Hindus and Muslims were distinct nations with irreconcilable interests. The haste and lack of preparation led to

The haste and lack of preparation led to catastrophic results: Independence and Partition, 1947 | National Army Museum