The 1947 Partition Archive

The people's history of South Asia over the last century is rich, diverse and barely discovered. The 1947 Partition Archive is a grassroots global effort to document and preserve eye witness accounts from those who are old enough to have lived through the 1947 Partition of British India into present day India.

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What about Vaccines? Dr. Swaiman Singh joins from Tikri in Haryana to address concerns

PROF. FURRUKH KHAN discusses the value of oral history.

Fauzia Parviz

Shane Ali migrated from village Jarahan to Kasur, both in Punjab

Abdul Jabbar migrated from Meerut to Lahore in 1947

Will you be #ChasingMemories with us?

The 107 year old man who hid Bhagat Singh: Naseem Mirza Chengezi

Keerti Kunzru interview snippet

Voices of Partition (Santa Clara, California)

Shelia Sanyal migrated from Sargodha to Rohtak in 1947

Voices of Partition (Seattle)

Voices of Partition (Cupertino, California)

Om Prakash Bhatia migrated from Attari to Delhi in 1947

Mohammad Rafique Chaudhry Migrated from Ludhiana to Karachi via Lahore

Mr. Kishin Advani lived in Lucknow in 1947

Dani Golan migrated from Karachi via Pune to Kfar Blum in Israel following Partition

Witness Voice: Untold stories of South Asia's Partition

Abdul Jabbar

Ravi Chopra

Kazi Shamsuzzaman

Radhika Kishin Chehnani

Shane Ali

Ajit_Cour

Ravi Chopra was displaced from Kassowal to Firozpur in 1947

In 1947 Mrs. Ahmed was a student studying at Kinnaird College in Lahore, Punjab.

Dr. Hameeda Hossain lived in Hyderabad, Sindh, during 1947

Dr. Sukhmander Singh lived in District Gurdaspur in 1947

Join us at Indus Heritage Day

Mr. S. I. Ahmad lived in Munger, Bihar, India, during Partition

Mr. Hiralal Bhattacharjee recalls living through the 1947 and 1971 Partitions.

1947: Mr. Haider migrated from Phulwari Sharif to Karachi

Mrs. Chehnani remembers Partition and her migration from Sindh.

Mr. Raj Madan displaced from Rawalpindi, Pakistan to India during 1947 Partition

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