How did partition effect on the ordinary people
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Today, democratic India is a regional power, and Bangladesh is an emerging democracy, even troubled Pakistan boasts one of the world's top 30 economies. Still, even 65 years later, the full cost of partition has yet to be fully paid.
The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 resulted in one of the largest and most rapid population exchanges in human history. It opened a social, historical and geographic wound that has yet to fully heal.The consequences are born by many many generations, including the ones who are born much after. While it may seem that India-Pakistan partition is a thing of past, fact remains that it is still impacting our lives. It is impacting lives of all Indians irrespective of when they were born even if they are not the descendants of the migrants. I can think of few things.
●Terrorism- The ongoing hate that has given rise to terrorism in India including current issues in Indian state of Kashmir and POK. Relations between Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs was tense in the run-up to independence.This is also the cause of terrorism in Punjab. This is where our lives are impacted on almost daily basis.
●The border conflict of India and Pakistan and skewed military budgets - The resulting armed conflict persists today. India and Pakistan found plenty to fight over, and we never know when war starts again. It is leading to lots and lots of spend on military budget. For two countries, where lots of people are struggling for basics, it is a huge impact.
●Acceptance of migrants and generations of migrants is a big concern globally. Refugees – also known as Muhajirs in Pakistan – came to occupy important positions in the city’s administrative and business sectors, perhaps due to their higher education and skill sets.
●Demographic consequences- Dividing Pakistan and India meant demarcation of boundaries, splitting up the armed forces, dividing the staff, organization and records of the civil departments, financial settlements, marking the jurisdiction of the high court’s and federal courts, charting out domicile policies and, of course, dividing the assets and liabilities of the imperial government. The process of separating the administrative, financial and judicial structures had to be concluded at two different levels: in the central departments and in the departments of the provinces that were to be divided.
The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 resulted in one of the largest and most rapid population exchanges in human history. It opened a social, historical and geographic wound that has yet to fully heal.The consequences are born by many many generations, including the ones who are born much after. While it may seem that India-Pakistan partition is a thing of past, fact remains that it is still impacting our lives. It is impacting lives of all Indians irrespective of when they were born even if they are not the descendants of the migrants. I can think of few things.
●Terrorism- The ongoing hate that has given rise to terrorism in India including current issues in Indian state of Kashmir and POK. Relations between Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs was tense in the run-up to independence.This is also the cause of terrorism in Punjab. This is where our lives are impacted on almost daily basis.
●The border conflict of India and Pakistan and skewed military budgets - The resulting armed conflict persists today. India and Pakistan found plenty to fight over, and we never know when war starts again. It is leading to lots and lots of spend on military budget. For two countries, where lots of people are struggling for basics, it is a huge impact.
●Acceptance of migrants and generations of migrants is a big concern globally. Refugees – also known as Muhajirs in Pakistan – came to occupy important positions in the city’s administrative and business sectors, perhaps due to their higher education and skill sets.
●Demographic consequences- Dividing Pakistan and India meant demarcation of boundaries, splitting up the armed forces, dividing the staff, organization and records of the civil departments, financial settlements, marking the jurisdiction of the high court’s and federal courts, charting out domicile policies and, of course, dividing the assets and liabilities of the imperial government. The process of separating the administrative, financial and judicial structures had to be concluded at two different levels: in the central departments and in the departments of the provinces that were to be divided.
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