This article examines the interaction of events in the Lahore and Amritsar borderland with the wider course of Indo-Pakistan relations in the early post-independence period.

Here was evidence that despite the human tragedies surrounding the 1947 Partition, the Punjab could act as a bridge as well as a great divide between India and Pakistan. While Dawn’smotives for reporting comments from cross-border visitors such as those below are obvious, the sentiments appear genuine.

Some important data points on the Rawalpindi riots:

• Murree Road was among the main sites of violence in Rawalpindi city—in alliance with Raja Bazaar and Lal Kurti

• FIRs were filed for attacks there, but details and names have not surfaced publicly.

• Accounts by historians claim that Pakistani policemen aided mobs, and attackers were identifiable by name and village in those FIRs

https://www.punjabpartition.com/single-post/2019/09/08/the-rape-of-rawalpindi

Article in Daily times by Haroon Mustafa Janjua:

On May 14, 1947, the Viceroy assured Abul Kalam Azad that he would “give complete assurance at least on this one question.” He would see to it that there was no bloodshed and riot. “I am a soldier, not a civilian. Once partition is accepted in principle, I shall issue orders to see that there are no communal disturbances anywhere in the country.” He added that he would adopt the sternest measures to nip the trouble in the bud. “I shall not use even the armed police. I will order the Army to act, and I will use tanks and aeroplanes to suppress anybody who wants to make trouble.”

However, no such thing happened. Millions died. The British troops did not intervene. Even now, a feeling of guilt persists among some British researchers.

Link to article: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/british-army-could-have-prevented-partition-riots-450971/

A Muslim boy who got separated from his family in 1947 and was adopted by a Sikh family in East Punjab finally gets to meet his brothers in West Punjab.

Link to article: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/lost-found-after-77-years-historian-nonica-datta-and-a-pakistani-youtuber-help-reunite-87-year-old-mahinder-singh-gill-of-ferozepur-with-his-family-in-nankana-sahib/