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elleng

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1. Why not, millions of Muslims forced out of India

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 02:31 AM

Jun 2023

in August 1947, around 12-15 million people fled their homes from one side of a new border within the former British colony of India to the other. The direction they took depended on their faith: Hindus and Sikhs came together and separated from Muslims.Aug 8, 2017

(Sorry, it's a miserable world. My friend and his family was among those forced to leave.)

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Why not, millions of Muslims forced out of India elleng Jun 2023 #1

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