The Radcliffe Line boundary delay remains one of the most controversial decisions surrounding the 1947 Partition of India. Sir Cyril Radcliffe who was chairman of the Punjab and Bengal Boundary ...
In July 1947, Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was given the responsibility of making an impartial decision on the partition of India. He had never travelled to India before and was given just five ...
Eighty years ago, a line was drawn -- one that cut a state not just into two halves but tore apart people sharing the exact same culture. Decades later, while the trajectory of the two countries ...
New Delhi: The Radcliffe Line refers to the boundary drawn by British lawyer Sir Cyril Radcliffe during the 1947 partition of British India. This line divided the provinces of Punjab and Bengal into ...