The Partition of India was the process of dividing the sub-continent along sectarian lines, which took place in 1947 as India gained its independence from British Empire. The northern part predominantly Muslim, became nation of Pakistan and the southern predominantly Hindu became the Republic of India, the partition however devastated both India and Pakistan as the process claimed many lives in riots, rapes, murders and looting. The two countries began their independence with ruined economics and lands without an established, experienced system of government, not only this, but also about 15 million people were displaced from their homes. The Partition of India was an important event not only in the history of the Indian subcontinent but in
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Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children (1980), which won the Booker Prize and the Booker of Bookers, weaved its narrative based on the children born with magical abilities on midnight of 14 August 1947. Freedom at Midnight (1975) is a non-fiction work by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre that chronicled the events surrounding the first Independence Day celebrations in 1947. There is a paucity of films related to the independence and partition. Early films relating to the circumstances of the independence, partition and the aftermath include Nemai Ghosh’s Chinnamul (1950), Dharmputra (1961), Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), Subarnarekha (1962), later films include Garm Haya (1973) and Tamas (1987). From the late 1990s onwards, more films on this theme were made, including several mainstram films, such as Earth (1998), Train to Pakistan (1998) (based on the aforementioned book). Hey Ram (2000), Gadar : Ek Prem Katha (2001), Pinjar (2003), Partition (2007) and Madrasapattinam (2010). The biopics Gandhi (1982), Jinnah (1998) and Sardar (1993) …show more content…
About half of them are Sikh small-holders and the other half are Muslim tenant-farmers. Only Ram Lal the moneylender is Hindu and his murder at the hands of dacoits (bandits) at the beginning of the story coincides with imminent violence as trainloads of refugees pass through the village. They are Muslims fleeing India and Hindus and Sikhs fleeing Pakistan, and there are terrible reports of ‘ghost trains’ carrying slaughtered victims arriving at frontier stations along the line. These reports have brought the presence of magistrate and deputy commissioner of the district, Mr Hukum Chand, and his entourage of armed policemen. Unexpectedly, they have a murder to deal with, but it is clear from the outset that justice is unlikely to be done. (Khushwant Singh is clear-eyed about endemic Indian corruption and sardonic about
Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children (1980), which won the Booker Prize and the Booker of Bookers, weaved its narrative based on the children born with magical abilities on midnight of 14 August 1947. Freedom at Midnight (1975) is a non-fiction work by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre that chronicled the events surrounding the first Independence Day celebrations in 1947. There is a paucity of films related to the independence and partition. Early films relating to the circumstances of the independence, partition and the aftermath include Nemai Ghosh’s Chinnamul (1950), Dharmputra (1961), Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), Subarnarekha (1962), later films include Garm Haya (1973) and Tamas (1987). From the late 1990s onwards, more films on this theme were made, including several mainstram films, such as Earth (1998), Train to Pakistan (1998) (based on the aforementioned book). Hey Ram (2000), Gadar : Ek Prem Katha (2001), Pinjar (2003), Partition (2007) and Madrasapattinam (2010). The biopics Gandhi (1982), Jinnah (1998) and Sardar (1993) …show more content…
About half of them are Sikh small-holders and the other half are Muslim tenant-farmers. Only Ram Lal the moneylender is Hindu and his murder at the hands of dacoits (bandits) at the beginning of the story coincides with imminent violence as trainloads of refugees pass through the village. They are Muslims fleeing India and Hindus and Sikhs fleeing Pakistan, and there are terrible reports of ‘ghost trains’ carrying slaughtered victims arriving at frontier stations along the line. These reports have brought the presence of magistrate and deputy commissioner of the district, Mr Hukum Chand, and his entourage of armed policemen. Unexpectedly, they have a murder to deal with, but it is clear from the outset that justice is unlikely to be done. (Khushwant Singh is clear-eyed about endemic Indian corruption and sardonic about