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To: kumar who wrote (108351)	4/8/2005 2:38:08 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) of 793866

Kumar, Ghandi died January 30, 1948. However, (and this is a biggie and is often overlooked by all those who want to make him a Saint) he did nothing on the question of partition. Massive population exchanges occurred between the two newly-formed nations in the months immediately following Partition (during the summer and fall of 1947). Once the lines were established, roughly 13 million people crossed the borders to what they hoped was the relative safety of religious majority. Approximately 7 million Muslims went to Pakistan from India while about 6 million Hindus and Sikhs moved to India from Pakistan. Massive violence and slaughter occurred on both sides of the border leading to the deaths of as many as five million people as the newly formed governments were completely unequipped to deal with migrations of such staggering magnitude. He accepted the partition as the price of independence. Not exactly a great legacy. On the issue of non-violence - inaction or passive acceptance are tantamount to participation. John John

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