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| Picture No | 10238551 |
| Date | 1947 |
| Description | Lone soldier guards crossroads in Delhi - Partition in India |
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A lone soldier defends the cross-roads near the entrance to the Parharganj Bazaar, scene of some of the heaviest rioting in Delhi and where great destruction had been done to Muslim property. A curfew was imposed to try and bring the violence between Hindus and Muslims under control.
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| Source | Photograph in The Sphere, 27 September 1947, page 397 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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