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Summary:September 13 1947: just a month after the creation of the two new independent nations of India and Pakistan, the great Indian sub-continent was tearing itself in two. With millions of Hindus moving into India and more millions of Muslims trekking into Pakistan, the friction between the two religions flared into civil war, destruction and death.
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Location:INDIA DELHI
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