Partition of India

In 1947, when the British left India and India gained Independence, the country was divided into two different countries: India and Pakistan. In some parts of India, there was a Muslim majority. They achieved to create their own Muslim state under the leadership of Quaid-e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Millions of Muslims moved to the Pakistani side and millions of Sikhs and Hindus moved to the Indian side of the new border and more than half a million people were killed in this process. Between East and West Pakistan, there were 1,500 km of Indian territory. In 1971, East Pakistan won Independence after a nine-month struggle and was called Bangladesh.