Partition -

Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer who had never visited India, was tasked with drawing the borders with outdated maps and census records.

: Proposed on 3 June 1947 by the last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten , it moved the independence date forward by a year, leaving only nine weeks to execute the division. 2. The Radcliffe Line partition

: The ideological belief, championed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League , that Hindus and Muslims were distinct nations with irreconcilable interests. Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer who had

The partition was formalized by the and was the culmination of decades of political and religious tension. Key drivers included: Sir Cyril Radcliffe

The haste and lack of preparation led to catastrophic results: Independence and Partition, 1947 | National Army Museum