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Partition of India: ‘They would have slaughtered us’
Inter-tribal violence is ALWAYS a bad idea.
The Punjab was split down the middle and many people did not if they would be living in Pakistan or India.
The decision of the man drawing the line was not just an administrative formality, it was a matter of life and death.
One million died and 15 million were displaced as Muslims fled to Pakistan, and Hindus and Sikhs headed in the opposite direction.
Among those waiting to see if they would be on the right side of the boundary was Parduman Kohli, father of Still Game and River City actor Sanjeev Kohli.
