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The geography of Indias Partition

The division of the country in 1947 was as much a failure of geographical certainty as it was a political compromise; the Boundary Commission struggled with contested maps, unclear data, and competing demands of territorial contiguity and demographic realities

20 Aug 2026 1:28 pm