Radcliffe Line
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title:
Radcliffe Line
text:
The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of Punjab and Bengal during the Partition of India. It is named after Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions, had the ultimate responsibility to equitably divide 175,000 square miles (450,000 km) of territory with 88 million people. The term "Radcliffe Line" is also sometimes used for the entire boundary between India and Pakistan. However, outside of Punjab and
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encyclopedia
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Boundary of the Partition of India
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Line
date created:
2004-12-01T12:00:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:04:26Z
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