Cyril Radcliffe: The man who drew the partition line

Seventy years ago a British lawyer was asked to divide British-ruled India into the new independent nations of India and Pakistan.

He had five weeks to do it, and the lines he drew sparked a tragedy that still poisons ties between the two countries today.

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Partition 70 years on: The turmoil, trauma - and legacy

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