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Speaker 1: I didn't know it that I would or not. I

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Speaker 1: was just enjoying the independent state, saying all the final

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Speaker 1: about were we were dancing on the on the road.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know what to be lepened for or next day.

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Speaker 1: This is my daughther John or my grandpa. He's talking

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Speaker 1: about the day he found out about the independence of

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Speaker 1: India back in ninety seven. But what he couldn't predict

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Speaker 1: was that chaos that would come after it. This is Partition,

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Speaker 1: an historical podcast that will discuss the nineteen seven partition

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Speaker 1: of India and the formation of Pakistan, as told by Menzies.

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Speaker 1: I was one of Karachi Pakistan in nine and always

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Speaker 1: knew that Pakistan needs to be a part of India. However,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't until my first trip back to my home

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Speaker 1: country in two thousand seventeen that I found out the

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Speaker 1: devastating truth I didn't exhibit at the mall. Learning about

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Speaker 1: partition inspired me to dig into the subject more, especially

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Speaker 1: because I have no recollection of learning about it in school,

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Speaker 1: and either my parents or other relatives ever spoke about

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Speaker 1: it to me. It all started when India gained independence

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Speaker 1: from Britain. However, before departing the British announced that India

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Speaker 1: would be split into two different countries. This was supposed

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Speaker 1: to be a joyous event, but what followed was anything but.

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Speaker 1: Can you imagine celebrating one moment and then having to

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Speaker 1: pack up all your belongings to leave your home the next.

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Speaker 1: Even though independence was announced, everyone was up to their

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Speaker 1: own devices to figure out the future of their homes

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Speaker 1: and their families. No one could have predicted what the

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Speaker 1: partition would mean for their lives. Interested to learn more,

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Speaker 1: listen to Partition on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

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Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.