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| Picture No | 11801075 |
| Date | 1947 |
| Description | Partition in India - Sikh Muslim Violence in the Punjab |
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Page from The Sphere reporting on the devastating violence and murder following partition in India. Pictures show the aftermath after Sikh jathas had looted, murdered and burned Muslim towns and cities. Top photograph shows the ruins of Amritsar and bottom image shows the bodies of murdered Muslim men, women and children in the East Punjab city of Hoshiarpur.
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| Source | Page from 'The Sphere' magazine, 6 September 1947 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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