VAST TRANSFER OF HINDUS AND MOSLEMS
X FW DFLIII, August 2-. One result of the tt-rror io the I'unjab , is the beginning of a vast transfer of I the population. Within a few weeks at } tlie present rata of traiisfer, tliere wili ] not be a Moslcni 1 e ft on the Intliao j side of the lrontier or a iiirulu left on j Ihe l'akistan side except pcrliaps some j liiinhi incrchants in Lahore. Of 300, OUU j lliiuluH wlio i'ormeriy lived in Lahore i'ewer tlian 10,000 rciuain. The exodu.i has alniost brought the eit'v's lii'e to u stamlstill. lt is ollifially stateil 3000 were killed within the Boundary Furee. Violein-e has now swept eastward tc Jullunder. British ofiieers of the Boun darv Force hope it will suhside as U reaehes the prepondorantly Hindu areas Imt there remain nuinv areas where vil lagers (ff oue religion will suddenly tuni and attack neighbours of anothei reiigion though tliev may liave lived side by side sinee cllildhood.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 August 1947, Page 5
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