• Dharmendra Devi
• Dr Vinod K. Chopra

The people of India had been visualising the dream of freedom from the shackles of the British slavery for more than three hundred years. The long cherished dream became a reality in 1947 when India won freedom that brought with it joyous experience. Unfortunately, the euphoric moment wreaked the worst kind of violence let loose by the communal frenzy that made deep scars on the psyche of those who suffered for no fault of their own. Innocent people were punished for no fault of their own. The freedom of the country ironically meant, for large sections of masses, the loss of freedom. People were denied the right to live peacefully. The freedom of India brought with it the birth of a new country called Pakistan. For millions of people on both sides of the boundary ‘free’ India meant loss of homes, life and property. It resulted in rapes, abductions and violence on a large scale causing looting, bloodshed and arson. The most agonizing thing that took place was that millions of people were rendered ‘refugees’ overnight owing to the single wrong political decision. The Partition led to one of the largest ever processes of forced migration (Aiyer 15). The Partition was the dark side of independence (Butalia 272) that brought with it dislocation of people from their home and country where they had spent centuries together. Tragically, the mass migration was not peaceful at all. Communal foolishness and religious intolerance turned people mad with hatred so much so that they became so callous that that they did not spare even children, women and the old. The dislocation was so ghastly that uprooted ones were crawling like columns of ants across the border. The large caravans of refugees were seen moving helplessly. This was really mind numbing in dimension. It was, in fact, a grotesque exodus in which human being and cattle were facing the same pain and trauma.

Administrative Persecution of refugees: A Study of Select Partition

"Administrative Persecution of refugees: A Study of Select Partition Stories", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.f246-f252, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112530.pdf

"Administrative Persecution of refugees: A Study of Select Partition Stories", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppf246-f252, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112530.pdf