Partition
/pɑːˈtɪʃn/
/pɑːrˈtɪʃn/
- the division of India into the independent countries of India and Pakistan in August 1947 when British rule in India ended. This was one of the conditions of independence, though it led to much violence between Hindus and Muslims.
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