Consequences of partition of India in 1947:
(i) The Year 1947 was the year of one of the largest, most abrupt, unplanned and tragic transfer of population that human history has ever known.
(ii) There were killing and atrocities in the name of religion on both the sides.
(iii) Thousands of women were abducted.
(iv) People were forced to abandon their homes and move across the border.
(v) Women were killed by their own family members to preserve the family honour.
(vi) All the intellectuals in various fields expressed their grief and anger.
