Radcliffe Award

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The Radcliffe Award is the formal report issued in 1947 by Sir Cyril Radcliffe’s Boundary Commission that defined the partition borders between India and Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boundary award
historical document
legal instrument
appliesToRegion Bengal Boundary
linked to: Radcliffe Line

Punjab Boundary
Sylhet referendum area
appliesToTerritory Dominion of India
Dominion of Pakistan
archivedIn National Archives of India
National Archives of Pakistan
United Kingdom National Archives
author Sir Cyril Radcliffe
basedOn Radcliffe Commission report
commissionedBy British government
linked to: UK government

Viceroy of India
country British India
dateIssued 1947-08-17
defines Radcliffe Line
definesBorderBetween India
Pakistan
definesPartitionOf Assam (Sylhet region)
linked to: Assam

Bengal
Punjab
documentType boundary award report
effectiveDate 1947-08-15
hasConsequence communal violence in partitioned regions
mass population displacement
hasMap Radcliffe Line maps
inception 1947
issuedBy Radcliffe Boundary Commission
jurisdiction British Indian Empire
linked to: British India
language English
legalArea colonial law
public international law
legalStatus binding
namedAfter Sir Cyril Radcliffe
purpose to delimit the boundary between India and Pakistan
relatedCommission Bengal Boundary Commission
Punjab Boundary Commission
relatedEvent Creation of Pakistan
Independence of India
Partition of India
signedBy Sir Cyril Radcliffe
subjectMatter international boundary delimitation
territorial partition
successorBorderRegime Indo-Pakistan border agreements
timePeriod 1947

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