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A snapshot of pre-Partition Rawalpindi, where Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs lived side by side

  • Elderly citizen recalls how Sikhs and Hindus were prominent merchants, confectioners in Rawalpindi
  • India’s partition in 1947 triggered riots, forcing several of Rawalpindi’s Hindus and Sikhs to migrate 
By NAIMAT KHAN ·
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Migrants to Pakistan recount displays of violence, interfaith harmony during India’s partition

By NAIMAT KHAN ·
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89-year-old partition survivor sells Pakistan flags to survive, recalls horrors of migration

By KHURSHID AHMED    ·
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‘Lost Migrations’: Pakistani-Indian animation series spotlights partition memories 75 years on

By BURAQ SHABBIR ·
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Separated from brother in 1947, Indian man gets Pakistani visa after Arab News coverage

By Sanjay Kumar ·

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