Radcliffe Line

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The Radcliffe Line is the boundary demarcation drawn in 1947 that divided British India into the newly independent nations of India and Pakistan.

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Generate an image of the Radcliffe Line (The Radcliffe Line is the boundary demarcation drawn in 1947 that divided British India into the newly independent nations of India and Pakistan.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international boundary ⓘ
political border ⓘ
affectsRegion East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) ⓘ
Punjab (India) ⓘ
linked to: Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan) ⓘ
linked to: Punjab, Pakistan

West Bengal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indo-Pakistan border demarcation line ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
announcedBy Lord Mountbatten ⓘ
associatedEvent communal violence during Partition ⓘ
mass migration during Partition ⓘ
boundaryCommissionHead Sir Cyril Radcliffe ⓘ
linked to: Cyril Radcliffe
boundaryType land border ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved United Kingdom ⓘ
commissionedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
controversy lack of local consultation ⓘ
late publication of award ⓘ
countryBorder India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
createdNewBordersFor Dominion of India ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
dateEstablished 1947-08-17 ⓘ
decisionBody Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal ⓘ
dividedFormerEntity British India ⓘ
documentName Radcliffe Award ⓘ
drawnBy Cyril Radcliffe ⓘ
historicalPeriod Partition of India ⓘ
impact large-scale refugee crisis ⓘ
long-term India–Pakistan conflict ⓘ
implementedOn 1947-08-15 ⓘ
legalBasis Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 2900 ⓘ
mapColorConvention often shown as thick red or black line on maps of Partition ⓘ
namedAfter Cyril Radcliffe ⓘ
partOfProcess decolonization of South Asia ⓘ
primaryCriterionUsed religious demography ⓘ
regionCovered Bengal ⓘ
Kashmir area (disputed) ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir

Punjab ⓘ
relatedBorder Durand Line ⓘ
Line of Control ⓘ
relatedHistoricalFigure Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
separates India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
successorConcept India–Pakistan international border ⓘ
timeTakenToDraw about five weeks ⓘ
yearOfPartition 1947 ⓘ

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Partition of India → borderEstablished → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe → notableWork → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe → boundaryName → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Radcliffe Line → alsoKnownAs → Indo-Pakistan border demarcation line ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
Indo-Pakistani wars → relatedTo → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Partition of Bengal 1947 → followedBy → Radcliffe Line demarcation in Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
India–Pakistan border → hasSegment → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe → notableWork → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
subject linked to: Baron Radcliffe
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → output → Radcliffe Line in Punjab ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → output → Radcliffe Line in Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
Radcliffe Award → appliesToRegion → Bengal Boundary ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
Radcliffe Award → defines → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Mountbatten Plan → relatedTo → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Sylhet referendum of 1947 → followedBy → Radcliffe Line boundary award ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
Radcliffe Commission → product → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Punjab Partition massacres → relatedEvent → Radcliffe Line demarcation ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Line
Viscount Radcliffe → associatedWith → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe → notableWork → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Radcliffe
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe → knownFor → Radcliffe Line ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Radcliffe