Analysis on Various Strategies of Partitioning Between India and Pakistan

Examining the Determinants of Ethnic Cleansing during the Partition of India

Authors

  • Ekramul Haque Choudhury
  • Dr. Ved Kaur

Keywords:

partition, strategies, India, Pakistan, ethnic-diverse regions, homogeneous homelands, civil war, ethnic convict, Partition of India, missing people, cautionary example, political determinants, economic determinants, ethnic cleansing, novel data, minority outwards, Indian districts, combat experience

Abstract

The partition of ethnically-diverse regions intohomogeneous `homelands' has been often mooted as a solution to civil war andethnic convict. However, the Partition of India in 1947, in which an estimated3.4 million people went missing, looms large as a cautionary example. Yet,despite its iconic importance, systematic evidence assessing the political andeconomic determinants of ethnic cleansing during the Partition has hithertobeen lacking. Using novel data, this study assesses the determinants ofminority outwards from Indian districts between 1931 and 1951 and documentsthat districts that raised army units that were arbitrarily assigned toexperience longer combat experience in

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Published

2015-04-01

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[1]
“Analysis on Various Strategies of Partitioning Between India and Pakistan: Examining the Determinants of Ethnic Cleansing during the Partition of India”, JASRAE, vol. 9, no. 18, pp. 0–0, Apr. 2015, Accessed: Jul. 10, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5567

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 18 (2015): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

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How to Cite

[1]
“Analysis on Various Strategies of Partitioning Between India and Pakistan: Examining the Determinants of Ethnic Cleansing during the Partition of India”, JASRAE, vol. 9, no. 18, pp. 0–0, Apr. 2015, Accessed: Jul. 10, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5567