Cyril Radcliffe - The man who partitioned British India

Cyril Radcliffe was a British man who was tasked with dividing British India into two states, Pakistan for the Muslim population and India for everyone else. He came with almost no experience and knowledge of the region and had to draw the borders within five weeks. The partition was followed by millions being displaced and a million perishing in the chaos that ensued. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world/

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