The partition displaced between 10–12 million people along religious lines, creating overwhelming refugee crises in the newly constituted dominions; there was large-scale violence, with estimates of loss of life accompanying or preceding the partition disputed and varying between several hundred thousand and two million.[1][c] The violent nature of the partition created an atmosphere of hostility and suspicion between India and Pakistan that plagues their relationship to the present.
I read some horrifying passages that some trains were intercepted, they killed everyone on board, sparing only the train conductor so he could take the train, now full of bodies and leaving a literal train of blood, across the border.
My grandmother was on one of these trains. I’ll never forget the story of her survival.
She got onto a train carrying her disabled brother. There were carriages transporting Gur (raw cane sugar blocks), and many people hid inside the bags. People came on board and started slicing into the bags, killing as many people as they could as quickly as they could.
My grandmother and her brother hid behind a bunch of bags, rather than inside, which allowed them to have some barrier due to how thick the Gur is. I was told this was the last train out of Lahore, headed to Delhi, though I’m not entirely sure on the exact route.
What religious beliefs do to mfs
