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Some believed Partition would resolve Hindu-Muslim communal issues

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Khabbar Khan Seelro

Name: Khabbar Khan SeelroInterviewed By: Murtaza KharaniInterview Date:Interview Location: Story: I was born in 1939 in a village called Pari Jo Shahar, near the city

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Subash Khanchand Bijlani

Name: Subash Khanchand BijlaniInterviewed By: Ishika ChatterjeeInterview Date:Interview Location: Story: I was born in 1942 in Thatta, Sindh. My parents, Khanchand Bijlani and Jassie Motwani

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Aya Singh

Name: Aya SinghInterviewed By: Ritika Popli Interview Date:Interview Location: Story: I remember my cousin who was left behind during Partition, and a Pathan family took the

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Sarla Dutta

Name: Sarla DuttaInterviewed By: Sruti LodhaInterview Date:Interview Location: Story: I grew up in Mirpur, which was then under Jammu, and 15 kilometres away from Jhelum

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Niamat Ali Malak

Niamat Ali Malak, son of Khair Deen, was born at the village of Lasoi in the princely state of Patiala, now in Punjab, India. Oral

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Sushila Balkrishna Wagh

Sushila Balkrishna Wagh, an 85-year-old survivor, was a witness to Partition. She provided personal information about her Oral Historian: Yash Anil Pund Camera Person: Pankhuri

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Swarna Kanta

Mrs. Swarna Kanta-ji was born in Niaz Baig, near Lahore, Pakistan in the year 1942 to Shri Shyam Lal Bajaj and Shrimati Gyaan Devi. Oral

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Bhagwant Singh Jawanda

“God has been kind to me,” Bhagwant Singh Jawanda says, by blessing him with a loving family, lifelong friends and a meaningful career. Oral Historian:Mandeep

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Khushi Muhammad Jut

Khushi Muhammad Jut, son of Gainda Jut of the Mallan Haar Gotra, was born at the village of Aloona Tola in the district of Ludhiana,

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Amir Narsi

Amir Narsi was born in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, on March 19, 1943 (pre-Partition) to a Shia Ismaili family, a religion he still practices today. Oral

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Milpitas, CA

The first annual Indus Heritage Day aims to educate the public on the intriguing ancient civilizations of South Asia.

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Berkeley, CA

The 1947 Partition Archive launches it’s first crowdfunding campaign in order to collect thousands more stories in 2014.

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Indiaspora

How being a part of the diaspora helped me build the largest oral history archive of South Asian history

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