Britain drew the Partition border hastily with little regard for human lives
Evidence
In 1947, in what must surely count as one of the most callous, iniquitous acts in history, the British government drew a hurried border through the country that cut through communities and people, villages and homes, with less care than it might have taken to slice up a leg of lamb. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 170
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Britain engineered Irish partition on a sectarian headcount basis. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2220; Britain’s hurried partition border cut through communities and homes; Britain’s 1947 border drew through communities with callous indifference
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Britain engineered Irish partition on a sectarian headcount basis. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2220; Britain’s hurried partition border cut through communities and homes; Britain’s 1947 border drew through communities with callous indifference
Broader Connections
- Britain’s hurried partition border cut through communities and homes
#expands(0.97) - Britain’s 1947 border drew through communities with callous indifference
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