Partition Of India - The Sad Saga Of United India
By: Sharon Supriya Millions fought for a free country, but when it was destined on them they thought of walking in separate paths. The brave warriors of India who shed their blood for a noble cause, did not think again while tearing down a neighbor into scrambled body, stained with blood. What went wrong, why was the victory celebrated with tears? Will ever the divided heart join again to start a new history? Here is a story of divided India at the stroke of Independence. Join in with me to the sad saga of the wondrous victory. India and Pakistan legally came into existence at the stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 that is after ending nearly 350 years of British presence in India. A research states that the ceremonies for the transfer of power were held a day earlier in Karachi, at the time the capital of the new state of Pakistan, so that the last British Viceroy, Louis Mountbatten, could attend both the ceremony in Karachi as well as the ceremony in Delhi. If that was one of the r...