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Partition of India

1947–1948 South Asia Status: ended Casualties: ~200,000–2 million (estimates vary widely)

The end of British India created two nations along religious lines. Communal violence between Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims killed up to 2 million people in one of history's largest forced migrations.

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Belligerents

  • India
  • Pakistan
  • British India settlers

Casualties

~200,000–2 million (estimates vary widely)

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.