Picture No | 10238543 |
Date | 1947 |
Description | Jain monks arriving in New Delhi after fleeing Western Punja |
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Victims of the violence sweeping through India following Partition in 1947 - Jain monks arrive at Willingdon airport, New Delhi from the Gujranwala district north of Lahore in Western Punjab (Pakistan), an area deeply involved in the communal massacres.
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Source | Photograph in The Sphere, 27 September 1947 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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