These narrative recounts a deeply personal experience during the 1947 Partition of India—a time of immense human tragedy. Millions were uprooted, with countless lives lost to hunger, violence, and plunder. In October 1947, Pakistan launched an assault on the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, deploying raiders and Razakars—demobilized Muslim soldiers and bandits—lured by promises of loot and violence against Hindus. Pakistani officers, disguised to eva
These narrative recounts a deeply personal experience during the 1947 Partition of India—a time of immense human tragedy. Millions were uprooted, with countless lives lost to hunger, violence, and plunder. In October 1947, Pakistan launched an assault on the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, deploying raiders and Razakars—demobilized Muslim soldiers and bandits—lured by promises of loot and violence against Hindus. Pakistani officers, disguised to eva