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After gaining independence from British Raj, India was to be divided into two separate countries (India and Pakistan). What followed this was an utter chaos.
Religious riots were broken as around 25 million people are relocating to their new homes. Estimates of the number of people killed in that particular period range between 200,000 and 2 million.
Here are a few pictures that depict the horrors of partition.
1) Souls Being Buried
2) Lost in the chaos of partition
3) A man lost. But who is the devil here?
4) Souls That Lost Their Way
5) The cruel side of life
6) Life On Shoulders
7) Millions On Tracks
8) Whose Fault Is This?
9) A Lake Of Blood And Tears
10) Maa
11) A Vultures Feast
12) A Meal For A Stray Dog
13) Abandoned Corpses
14) Funeral Pyre On Streets
15) Foot Of A Victim
