The process of PARTITION, 1947

The earliest proposed map of the "Pak Commonwealth of Nations," c. 1940; CLICK ON THE MAP FOR A VERY LARGE SCAN

Source: Akbar S. Ahmed, "Jinnah, Pakistan, and Islamic Identity" (London: Routledge, 1997), p. xxvii; scan by FWP, Oct. 2007

*INDIA IN 1946, SHOWING PRINCELY STATES AND OTHER POLITICAL BOUNDARIES*




A news bureau map from August 1947, pre-Partition, attempts to represent the complexities of the situation; *the original caption*

Source: ebay, July 2010



And how things looked right after Partition, a news map from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times; *the original caption*

Source: ebay, July 2010
 

Rand McNally's late 1947 view of Partition; CLICK ON EITHER HALF OF THE MAP FOR A VERY LARGE SCAN

Source: Bought from Phyllis Newman Antique Prints, Greenflea market, and scanned by FWP, July 2006



Indian troops invade and seize the princely state of Hyderabad in 1948, a map from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times; *the original caption*

Source: ebay, July 2010

In March 1951, the editors of this National Geographic map are still warning their readers about possible boundary changes, especially in Kashmir; CLICK ON THE MAP FOR A VERY LARGE SCAN

Source: Bought on ebay and scanned by FWP, Apr. 2008

Before and after; CLICK ON EITHER MAP FOR A LARGE SCAN

Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/india-partition-gif
(downloaded Nov. 2006)

An attempt to show the population transfers in August 1947; the pie chart applies to post-1947 India

Source: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/partition_india.jpg
(downloaded Nov. 2006)

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