Memory, records and responsibility
Partition through different sources
Read a historical account alongside testimony guidance and archive access notes. The path discusses displacement and violence without reproducing graphic material.
4 entries · 9 min reading, calculated from article text
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Your reading goal
Distinguish an event narrative, a remembered experience and the conditions under which an interview can be consulted.
- 01History · 3 min read
The Partition of Punjab in 1947
The end of British rule divided Punjab between India and Pakistan. A boundary award, failing protection and mass flight transformed the province’s towns, villages and families.
- 02Collections · 2 min read
The 1947 Partition Archive: a researcher’s guide
Distinguish public excerpts from research access, read the archive’s current conditions, and preserve an interview’s context and permissions.
- 03Journal · 2 min read
How should a Partition testimony be quoted respectfully?
Keep the speaker, recording context and exact passage visible. Respectful quotation preserves meaning and distinguishes memory from later interpretation.
- 04History · 2 min read
Rescue and solidarity during Partition
Amid Partition’s violence, people protected fellow travellers, cared for wounded strangers and helped families reconnect. These documented acts did not erase the failures and shortages surrounding them.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?