Radcliffe Commission

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The Radcliffe Commission was a British boundary-drawing body led by Sir Cyril Radcliffe that in 1947 demarcated the borders between India and Pakistan, including the partition of Bengal and Punjab.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government body ⓘ
boundary commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India ⓘ
Dominion of India ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
appointedBy British Indian government ⓘ
Lord Mountbatten ⓘ
chairperson Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
effect contested borders between India and Pakistan ⓘ
large-scale population displacement ⓘ
endTime August 1947 ⓘ
fieldOfWork border delimitation ⓘ
international boundary law ⓘ
followedBy Indo-Pakistani boundary disputes ⓘ
hasMember Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
hasPart Bengal Boundary Commission ⓘ
Punjab Boundary Commission ⓘ
historyOfTopic Bangladesh–India border ⓘ
India–Pakistan border ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
jurisdiction territories of future India and Pakistan ⓘ
legalBasis Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
locationOfWork Bengal ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
namedAfter Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
notableWork award of boundary awards for Bengal ⓘ
award of boundary awards for Punjab ⓘ
partOf partition of British India ⓘ
process of Indian independence ⓘ
product Radcliffe Line ⓘ
reasonForDissolution completion of boundary demarcation ⓘ
significantEvent Partition of India ⓘ
creation of the Radcliffe Line ⓘ
startTime July 1947 ⓘ
task demarcation of the boundary between India and Pakistan ⓘ
partition of Bengal ⓘ
partition of Punjab ⓘ

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Partition of Bengal 1947 → boundaryDefinedBy → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
India–Pakistan border → hasDemarcationAuthority → Radcliffe Commission ⓘ
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → alsoKnownAs → Radcliffe Commissions ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Commission
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → alsoKnownAs → Radcliffe Boundary Commissions ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Commission
Radcliffe Award → issuedBy → Radcliffe Boundary Commission ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Commission
Radcliffe Award → basedOn → Radcliffe Commission report ⓘ
linked to: Radcliffe Commission