Pedagogies of Partition: Collective Memory and Counternarrative 75 Years On
Published by International Institute for Asian Studies
Excerpt: Seventy-five years ago, the world witnessed one of the largest migrations in recorded human history: the Partition of India and Pakistan. An estimated 14 million people were uprooted from their homes, driven by violence or the fear of it as the newly independent nations of India and Pakistan were born from the subcontinent’s long struggle for freedom. After 300 years of British economic intervention and, later, political domination, the new nations were formed in August of 1947. India had a majority Hindu population (though it was envisioned to be a secular country), and Pakistan had a Muslim-majority population. The new nation of Pakistan was divided into East and West Pakistan; East Pakistan later fought for its independence and became the nation of Bangladesh in 1971.
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Recommended Citation
Bajaj, M. (2022). Pedagogies of partition: Collective memory and counternarrative 75 years on. International Institute for Asian Studies, The Newsletter, 93, Autumn 2022. https://www.iias.asia/the-newsletter/article/pedagogies-partition-collective-memory-and-counternarrative-75-years