Thank you so much for creating this. My grandfather escaped Pakistan when Bangladesh was still a part of it. The horrors he saw in East Pakistan, and family and friends he had lost still haunt him till this day. He is a survivor of the genocide in the 70s, and I have been recording his story to be able share with the world one day!
I feel a connection here. My widowed grandma sought refuge in India with her 5 children during the partition carnage (1947) leaving her home & hearth behind in Dhaka (East Pakistan). During our growing up years we heard the terrible stories of that era from my father who was a teenager fleeing to India with his widowed Ma & siblings.
Nothing happened to east bengal minorities in 1947 or 1971 .they all escaped to get share in kolkata wealth. Only in United punjab massacre happened due stupid politics of master Tara singh
The Hindu family welcoming Sameer and his grandfather...so kind. Such a beautiful story, Sameer how amazing you got to accompany your grandfather. His words cut so deeply but you were there to support him. I will never be able to do that with my grandma, I had to bring sand back from Cuba for her grave. Somehow I felt like you and your grandfather did it for us. Our humanity can be stronger than our differences. Thank you.
@Mohini S I hear your pain screaming and I’m sorry. Look forward. They are two different people. Being part black the racism in the US that is alive and well has struck me to the core and I happen to be with a white man for the last 6 years. His people put mine in chains and some still try. He was a fellow protester with me against racism along with many people of every hue and faith. The lessons of the past have taught us we all need grace. We can BE BETTER and NEVER FORGET while we FORGE AHEAD. I extend my hand to you fam, please come with us but never forget.
@@jessicaemilia101 lol, you are preparing us mentally for another masscare.. Being good and being Stupid are 2 different things. If you can not say and accept Hard truth better keep your mouth shut.
My family is Sikh, and my dad's entire side of the family were from Lahore. When I was young, my great-grandfather was still alive, and he told me the stories about growing up in Pakistan and how horrific the Partition was with people turning against each other and being uprooted from their homes. Truly, India wasn't divided. It was Punjab and Bengal that were divided.
A minute correction about bengal.....Bengal was already divided along religious lines in 1905 into west and east bengal....West bengal had majority hindus....east bengal had majority muslims....and when muhammad ali jinnah's party won the 1946 provincial elections in punjab and bengal winning all the muslim majority seats.....It was evident that country was going to get divided.....but the most mischivious thing that the british did was to make this divide abruptly which killed millions in punjab in bengal in bihar in bombay....but because the extent of population of hindus and sikhs in pakistan part of punjab was much more than the hindus in east bengal....enormous deaths happened in punjab region....Though the train was running....it was all dead inside!
@@srmaz565 only violence not the partition Bcz British focus for asure partition was a long Western border from top north to the sea of kaccha, Gujarat And same in the east from top Asam to the Bangla-sea Result is a land-lock state from kashmir to sindh in the west, And same in the east, This was a British plan to block the position and the growth of India through.. it's land connections , Hindu Muslim riots was the game to distruct the focus of Indian leaders *brains* out of the main devil's plan. Destroy india,...
At 49:37, the Muslim historian is saying that it was totally ethnic cleansing. That statement is false and incorrect because it was not ethnic cleansing; instead, it was religious cleansing. In Punjab, Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims were all ethnic Punjabis, and the only difference between them was the religion. It was the same in Bengal where they were all ethnic Bengalis but separated by religion. Secondly, he said that in Punjab, there were 60% Muslims, and now only 1.6 % are Muslims, but after the partition in Pakistani Punjab, the native Punjabi Hindu and Sikhs are not even 0.0001% of the population.
As always it was an Islamic propaganda. Always playing the victim card. They voted for muslim league and the creation of Pakistan yet they were cleansed! 🤦🏻♂️
U r right. It was religious cleansing bcoz ethnically every one was punjabi in punjab belongs to any religion and ethnically everyone was bengali belongs to any religion.
Right, actually in East punjab, muslims stayed back in significant concentrations all throughout the state, especially in Amritsar, Jalandhar, ludhiana, Malerkotla, Sangrur, patiala, moga Muktsar Barnala, Hoshiarpur, Same in haryana and Jammu also, despite severe riots. And delhi don't have to tell. Whole Old Delhi and Nizamuddin area is huge muslim.
@@unknownindian6531 thats because of secular congress...nd divided hindus as the hindus of maharashtra or elsewhere did not stand with their hindu bretheren.....
Every body talks of Syrian refugees , the press covers it for days but tragedy of indian partition is worst where million people lost their lives , property. Every time I read or see anything about this partition I start crying
Also I think, refugees in I dka atleast could stand back on their feet. They are active contributors to society, they progressed, they are mostly not differentiated. They worked hard to stand up and thankfully the conditions were good enough to do so. So that economic or social discrimination is lesser than Syrian refugee cases. Also media might have turned blind eye when it really happened and that was pathetic.
I live in Calcutta...we are hindu ..my grandparents came from Bangladesh ...for saving their lives ! I cried my eyes out while watching this video....my grandpa died 8th sep due to corona he used to say her father was a businessman...and they were 6 siblings...and one day armed men came to their house and told them that this is the last chance they have to leave... otherwise they'll kill all of them by then they had killed the neighbors of my grandpa....Oh lord ! I can't imagine going through this kind of horror .... history was cruel it must not repeat itself..everrrr !!!
🙄 how about Muslims who came from West Bengal side? Do you think they’re life was so perfect? Oh well, you already have one supporter who replied to your comment. Be happy with it.
@@JI-cs1vk I don't think she has said anything about Muslims who went from West Bengal. But look at the Muslim population in West Bengal and the Hindu population in Bangladesh. You will understand the difference.
@@JI-cs1vk So do you. Fact of the matter is that people on both sides died during Partition. But Hindus have systematically been driven out of BD in waves ever since. It is a fact. That kind of post-partition exodus of Muslims is yet to take place from India. So yes, in some ways we are superior.
Good lord, what a world we live in ... the more things change, the more we just keep fighting each other. Thank you to those who wish this world to be a better place.
@Abhishek Ghosh .. Mushfiqur will celebrate as much as & however/ whichever way he wants. .. teach your country men especially India's under-19 players .. how to behave first. .. then we could even consider to even whatever. .. & I'd say "ways to mend relations" is remote. .. there is a single way to do that which is " WEST BENGAL BECOME PART OF BANGLADESH". .... ADIOS AMIGO.
@@akhanddbangladesh8274 older generations of India knew manners and respect. New generations are worst. They think they own the whole world. Even their older generations don’t like them.
The irony lies in the fact that the children of the muslim league leader who wanted a separate pakistan, are now all settled in the west, away from the so called muslim homeland he wanted to create.
@@e.k874 the point is that hindus never wanted a separate homeland and i think even most muslims in present say india did not want, but it was because of the leaders of muslim league that the subcontinent was witness to such a horrific bloodshed, and now children of such leaders are living abroad in luxury while the the common folk of the subcontinent still lives in misery.
“This is not my country… this is not my house” that still breaks my heart watching this a year later. The trauma that man has been through is unimaginable. Partition turned people’s worlds completely upside down and everything that they knew before was taken away (homes, friends, jobs, cultural identities etc.)Hopefully one day( way in the future)the wounds between these two countries can be healed
Hear the helpless cry of a father to a son, Sammer and his father, melt my heart. Such a bond that will never broken, even death will not. Thank You Sammer for accompanying you father. May that relationship goes in generation to generation. God bless.
Really thy made me Cry too Alhamdulillah he Company his loveing father to fulfill his wish, ❤️Really yu are great Son Allah Ap koh khush Rakhy watching from Jammu My father also left here in Jammu hiding inside home.
This is very educational to me about the tragedies of partition. There are many historical partitions that have caused grief and horror. Great documentary!!!
Hey there Angelo. I’m pretty sure I already know the answer but I don’t like to assume anything about anyone SO I was wondering if you’re Greek??! I’m guessing you ARE going by your last name that’s part of your screen name. I’m also Greek, at least for the most part. My dad is 100% Greek & my Mom’s side is mainly from Wales but they also have some Irish down the line. Anyhow, do you happen to know of any other documentary type of films that are similar to this one but are about Greece??! I’ve really gotten into these type of historical films over the passed 3 or so years but I find so many are one sided no matter what country(íes) the film is about and I thought I would ask. I apologize for the long reply but like I said, I’ve really been into watching these and seeing someone else who has the same sort of background made me feel compelled to ask you this. Thanks so much in advance for any of your help and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. Nancy. 😁🇨🇦🌏🇬🇷🙂
Im adopted, but my real mom is a Indian migrant. I wish i knew where i came from and who my ancestors were. Maybe ill get the opportunity to find out. 🤞
@@sheilajacob4732 i love my adopted parents unconditionally.as for my real mom ive found her on fb, however have not had luck contacting her. Time well only tell. Its all a waiting game.
I am Pakistani-American. My family from my fathers side can trace its root to Jalandhar, India. After partition, my family from my fathers side settled in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad area. My grandfather from my dads side was very smart, and was the author of several calculus textbooks. There is one surviving picture from his youth when he was a university student in India. It breaks my heart but I never got a chance to speak to my grandparents about the lives, friends, families, homes and businesses they had to leave behind. I wonder if I have some relatives in the Punjab area of India.
You should try to find out all you can. Living with the regret will fester and I think you may not feel whole if you always wonder but don’t act. At least if you try, you won’t feel the helplessness of not knowing. I hope and wish the best for you in your journey. Stay blessed my friend. 🙂
@@singhparihar8530 oh please the Hindus are equally responsible, you think the Muslims would have wanted their own countries if they felt safe living next to their Hindu neighbors?
@@kotaniyumiko oh yeah 51 Islamic countries spread all over the world on different continents scared of 1 Hindu majority area in South Asia 😢 it's definitely the Hindu's who spread their religion with sword definitely not Muslims which originated in the Middle East 🤡
@kotami jumiko let me tell you one thing muslims want their different country almost 99.9 percent muslims agree this nd pakistan is made...80percent of these muslims ancentors are converted from hindu to muslims and thats fact ,,,,,,pakistan is for muslims nd india is for Sanatani (sikh,hindu,jain,bodh etc,,,) but still some sanatani remain in pakistan and muslims in india ,,,we indian accept muslims (30percent now in india2021) but sanatani(sikh hindu jain,bodh )from 20 percent to 1.0 on less percent in 2020 ...still hindus are intolerant ,bla bla bla ....list is really long i don't have that much time for that
According to this documentary,Hindus wanted a United India and the other religions wanted to split, which means that Hindus never supported partition as Hindus believe in Vasudeva kutumbhikam, which means we all are a family, if the whole world understands this, The world would be a better place to live
Not all muslims wanted partition. There were muslims who left the newly formed so called islamic Pakistan to come to India, because they had fought for a united , pluralist India
Just a suggestion @Real Stories u guys should make a documentary about the Indian Indenture Labour System of 1838 of 1 million Indians ship to Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Jamaica, Suriname n Fiji
This video brought tears in my eyes...!!! Can't help myself thinking abt that era where so many people lost their lives,family members,homes and places...!!!
All of these people come from money. Doctors...land owners... Imagine how much worse it was for those who were servants or had nothing. Who couldn't leave due to no money. Such a sad thing.
These stories are from upper caste landowners/class who are/were themself exploitators of villagers who were fully dependent on them. That why they are very nostalgic about the lost of their privileged life.
Wow wow wow, So interesting ; so very sad, I have been all over India, been to Pakistan and Bangladesh, I’ve sat and watched this today and cried through out , very powerful. 🙏🙏🙏. God bless you all. ❤️ and respect to you all.
@Mohini S Hindus and Muslims are guilty but all this was formulated by the British All the suffering the British people will go through now will be God's judgment
Independence was ok but separating India wasn't isn't it !? Separating is one of most harmful British did to India. It was a political game to divide the country.
Nope. The biggest mistake was not going for a clean Partition. Now, the Muslims in India want another separate country. 🤦♂️🤷♂️ History's lessons, when not properly learnt or are forgotten, are destined to be repeated. 🙏
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
@Aryan Raj kisi n shi kaha humare ghar m jb tk aag nhi lag jati tb tk logo ko samaj m nhi aata bengal m hindu communist atheist sbko mara gya h but tumhe lagta h sirf hindu ko mara h jb tk khud m ghar m aag nhi lagegi tb tk sb bhakt hi lagege tujhe
Yes you are right Britishers did that their divide and rule policy and now blaming us 😡at present also they are doing that between 🇮🇱 and 🇵🇸 for their own benifit they destroyed our culture, tradition,real education,our roots everything their so called authors wrote false and half reality infact never ever wrote the reality we were the most educated in the past they snatched it they tried to felt us that we our nothing but in reality we are the origin If you want to know something about 🇮🇳 watch Vedios of Abhijit chavda an Indian scientist and historian 🙏
Common people whether in India , Bangladesh or in Pakistan still feels the pain of partition. It was just the politicians of that time and somehow our colonizers for their own selfish goal partioned India into two parts. I litterally cried watching this documentary.
It was a great documentary. I'm old enough to have spoken with people that suffered through partition. Both sides suffered too many emotions. It really upset me to see a colonist trying to play the victim. The British started the fire.
BR Ambedkar(writer of Indian constitution) wanted an exchange of population after India was divided. Unfortunately it didn't happen. Hence we have some religious problems in India lately.
My grandparents migrated from Raja jang, lahore to Ferozepore district during partition. He always had high regards for his village in lahore distt... We always love our punjabi brothers across the border. We r the same people. LotS of love... Punjabis n bengalis suffered the most because of partition
@@advocatevarunrathi2831 and who stops you from eating non veg.. Only fools argue on what to eat n what not to. Its always a matter of choice than anything else0
In my opinion, Bengali Hindus suffered the most. And that too one-sided there were few who migrated from West Bengal to East Pakistan and the fun fact is that many people who voted for Pakistan came back to India and got important powerful political positions many people like Comrade Syed Mansur Habibullah who became the Law Minister of West Bengal in 1982. In 1947 he voted for Pakistan then went there and became a member of the East Pakistan Communist Party then came back. All India Muslim League won 100 seats from Madras Presidency. The worst thing is that most of the Bengali Hindus are obsessed with Stockholm Syndrome and voted for the commies for 34 years. But at least we Bengali Hindus got our West Bengal through the Bengali Hindu Homeland Movement otherwise we wouldn't exist.
No one Hindus and sikhs or sidhis were in favour of partition.. This was only muslim leagues leaders who spoiled and poisoned Muslim peoples mind..which led to this horrible partition and aftermaths.. Every one suffered..except those Muslim league leaders.. Otherwise hindus or muslims were staying in harmony 😌 My mom used to tell this to me..that there was no BHED BHAV .. but politics,game by Britishers who did nothing to stop violence ruined India and hindu muslims relations
I Am Here 🇬🇾 Because They 🇬🇧 Were There 🇮🇳 🌹💓🌹 Religion In Politics Are 2 Faces Of The Same Coins, Design To Divide And Conquer! Because Unity Regardless Of Religion Is Power! Very Sad And Painful Truth! 🇮🇳 🇬🇾 🇹🇹 🇸🇷 🇧🇧🇵🇰 🇧🇩 UNITY IS POWER FOR CHANGE!
This film made me cry. I wish someday there will not be any division at all. That the world will be in peace. Thank you for sharing this film to the world.
My grandfather refused to go Pakistan 🇵🇰 and stayed in India 🇮🇳 and he also refused to leave his hindu friends. Today I work as Indian army medic proud to be a Indian 🇮🇳 Muslim Jai hind🇮🇳🙏
I absolutely agree for many reasons but mainly because I see a very common theme in the comment section of these films which is that people are bringing this up as if it affects them directly the way it affected the people who actually lived through it & then they’re told they shouldn’t be affected. Here’s the thing: *IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS THEM BECAUSE had things NOT happened then they wouldn’t be here as well as it affects them because it would affect how their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc., raised them.* I’m saying this in a very vague & umbrella type of way because of how it affected people by their religion which even in today’s age, religion plays a massive roll in people’s lives & things could be so much more different today had certain things turned out differently if they hadn’t happened at all. SO YES.....people have a very valid sense of how the course of history STILL affects them & others worldwide even til today! I really appreciate that you said this because no one should ever have to keep quiet about what they feel and why & they shouldn’t have to argue with anyone to validate what they feel because no one has the right to dictate what they feel & the meaning of that. Stay blessed and I hope you have a great week coming up, Nancy. 🇨🇦😁❤️🙂🌏
I just read my comment back and I didn’t realize how long of a post it was so I want to apologize for that BUT I’ve got a feeling that you totally understand that it’s because of how emotional these sorts of events can make someone feel & when you get a chance to express your feelings and thoughts about it, we can tend to ramble on and on. Anyhow, on top of that, I also wanted to thank you for taking the time to read this and/or respond if you end up actually getting the notification for this but considering we all know how bad UA-cam’s track record is, I’ll definitely understand if it takes time if at all they send you a notice that I replied to you. Take care, Nancy. 😁❤️🙂
Heartbreaking... We youngsters are enjoying independence but never thought this sort of heart breaking incidents happened in many families during independence.
It's just not easy to do that. I hope people shared more stories and we had exposure to that. We all are taught about partition and how some people died... But their stories are hidden without any purpose. I wish they documented it. It's very difficult to empathize with unknown scenario...one can try but such documentaries help more.
Heart throbbing documentary felt every single emotion. A line couldn't divide the memories and feelings of people. Why can't we have just one religion the religion of Humanity. At that time too politics divided whole nation and at present similar is happening "History is repeating itself"
Whole time I was watching this video by God I was crying its so emotional and there are millions other sad stories like this, I heard from my grandfather what was happening those days.😥😥
Very very sad. My family were indentured labourers who volunteered to come or were kidnapped to South Africa by the British in 1860. It's very sad. We have no links to India, nobody to remember our families, just faded photos of our South African families some fervently holding to Hindi rituals and culture. However, it's so diluted, we consider ourselves South African.
@@ganeshsookram4287 yes of course. I think you guys were meant to come to South Africa but were eventually taken to the West Indies. Do you remember reading about Mr Biswas in school. We definitely identify with you. Take care brother.
Even my family was horribly impacted by the partition and the riots that followed the partition. My ancestors lived in baris hal dist of east bengal later it became east pakistan. My ancestors lost everything and became refugees in their own country. They suffered for many years. My father uncles aunts grand parents lost everything. They remained hungry without shelter for many days. I feel so so sad whenever I recall the horrible experiences of my ancestors.
Just imagine, we, the current generation who are in India are alive, living, thriving, having happy times, having jobs etc. All because of the tremendous pain and misery our ancestors had to go through to ensure we, their future generation live and are safe and have decent lives.
My fathers' family belonged to Montgomery /Sahiwal, Pakistan and had to come to India leaving their ancestral properties all behind, just like millions of others on both sides of the border. There were good human beings, Hindus and Sikhs, who saved Muslims. Just as there were very good Muslims who saved Hindus and Sikhs. And then there were those on both sides who were only human to look at but were anything but human.
I'm not a Muslim nor Sikh or Hindu but tears welled up my eyes watching this video! Man's inhumanity to his fellow man can never be justified by religion! I hope the present generation can really rise beyond religious fanaticism! Unscrupulous politicians across the world also need to stop inciting religious sentiments!
The whole documentary was so emotional ❤️😭. Truly humans are complex being. Even when I have nothing to do with any of them or related to them I'm flooding with emotion 😭😭❤️.
My Grandfather is Andhra served in the WW2 British Indian Army Stationed in Pakistan Peshawar Rawalpindi My Mother Aunty 2 Uncles grew up in pakistan one infant died in pakistan
I belong to Maharashtra, even my Great grandfather was posted to Peshawar 2 of my Grandmothers elder sisters we born der...later he joined Azad Hind Fauz and lived in Rangoon Jungles till 1949 and then returned back to village
Oh grandpa, i wept as he wept. Oh dear me, papa, you are right, Ambala will always be in your ❤ heart but it is no longer your home. You are British but you will never forget the land of your birth
During the Partition of India , it is estimated that 200,000 to 2 million deaths and 10 to 20 million displaced. It is one of the biggest upheavals in the history of mankind.
The man and 43:00 was my Grandfather Lt. Col. Santosh Kumar Sarkar. I've hunted for this whole episode for so long, and though I've heard this story, this is the first time I've heard it from him first hand. He passed away during the pandemic, and this is one of the only videos I have of him. I'm glad it exists, and I'm glad I get to see and here him through this medium. You don't know what you have till it's gone. RIP dadu
What an impactful documentary, I have for the first time witnessed a story of the Bangladeshi migration of a Hindu family and a compelling story of Author Wise, who was a noble Britisher, he actually wanted to establish peace in India. I think I am softened by Mandy's tears and take her tears as repentant of what Britishers caused; a sudden migration and forever dividing India between Hindu and Muslim.
How interesting it was that the Documentary of Reuniting Families...have shown some of Their tremendous past Lives. I would've brought up to tears by a sudden mend of Conflicts and issues regards of Seperating a nation that Borders a Crossing Line of each country!! The interviewer herself was giving her perspective about her Story, was a Very Foretelling Secrecy that needs to be Unearth publicly.
Excellent documentary on partition of 1947. My father was working in RBI in Kolkata in 1947. He had to flee Kolkata with my mom & eldest sister during the communal riots leaving his valuable materials. We had landed properties also in West bengal but my father could not sell Those properties. Those properties were declared enemy properties by the Indian Govt. He had again started his new life in then East Pakistan now Bangladesh.
wrong. your father did not have to "flee". rather he left because he believed in the pakistan movement. there are still a lot of bengali muslims in west bengal india today.
@@coldblue5158 It proved that you didn't watched the whole documentary.. there was a part where migration of a Muslim leader from Ambala was discussed and the local resident said that he had to flee at midnight otherwise next day he would have been murdered... !
@@NMG717 And what was wrong in that? Why ask for an Islamic nation at first place, then kill non muslims in a jihaad and expect everyone to keep quiet. This is problem with Islam.
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
So sad to see a country divided into three parts Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. I can only wish we can live like the EU one day where there are no borders. respect from Pakistan.
The EU is a mess of broken peoples, broken cultures , and broken religions. Nothing good has come from forcing these very different beliefs together. Across the EU murder,rape, robbery, and hatred has exploded.
This was absolutely heart wrenching to watch... Can someone please send me the link for the second part of this journey... I would definitely want to know more about what happened..
My great grand parents and grand parents migrated from village hamboke near gujjranwala city pakistan to India. Left all the assets there and barely made it to India. They always cried when telling the stories of their birth place. They lost everything including lots of family members.
I feel a connection here. My widowed grandma sought refuge in India with her 5 children during the partition carnage (1947) leaving her home & hearth behind in Dhaka (East Pakistan). During our growing up years we heard the terrible stories of that era from my father who was a teenager fleeing to India with his widowed Ma & siblings. What you sikhs & punjabi hindus endured in West Pakistan, we Bengali Hindus endured in East Pakistan.
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
wow i literally felt that moment and could understand everyones feelings. So the moral of the message is never trust the poilitical parties who play dirty for their own interest rather should be matured enough to deal with any such situation.
Thousand of people mostly (hindus ,sikh) lost their life ,,,million became homeless,,lost their families,,,broken etc all of this because of muslim league ,british ,nehru ,jinna etc,,,,nd forget it as nothing happens ,,,,,,but we will never forget this ,,,,sorry is not acceptable ,,,,after seeing this my fingures can't stop to write all these thing i m atually feeling pain of my Sanatani(hindu,sikh,jain,bodh etc people right now🙏🇮🇳🙏
My Sister in law (My brother's wife) is Sikh and her family is one of those families who fled to Jammu- then to Delhi(India) from Pakistan, her aunt tells us that their family members were scattered across different districts in Pakistan ( Peshawar, Mirpur, Rawalpindi) all came running to India during the massacre of non Muslims in Pakistan. In particular her aunt's family came from Mirpur at the time when Muslim Tribals(Pashtuns) attacked Kingdom of Jammu& Kashmir. Jammu was safe heaven for those Hindu-Sikh families who escaped massacres in Mirpur,Kotli,Bimber(Pakistan) In India, Western Uttar Pradesh,Delhi were also up in communal flames, Muslims were targeted. Partition could have happened without bloodsheed only if Politicians of that time and The Britsh Govt had done some serious honest work in that regard.
My great grandparents' and grandparents story (both paternal and maternal)is almost similar to that shown of the first Bangladesh origin family.The only difference been that they were part of eastern modern Bangladesh and they have since then always lived in and served India🇮🇳 by doing thier respective works and paying their share of taxes.🤗But life goes on and we move forward-Period.
Jinnah had sought 13% Reserved Parliamentary Seats for Muslims in _United India_ ..... and Gandhi and Nehru rejected this demand.... What led afterwards is tragedy of Indian subcontinent... I love to read _present day British Journalists “crying for lost lives and seeds of current conflicts sown during partition”_ .... Have they ever acknowledged that it’s their own home country that’s responsible for worldwide conflicts today due to role British played throughout the Commonwealth territories? For _then British it was all about “loot of other countries”_ and _now 64 million Brits are realizing “divorce from EU” comes at very high cost_ .... Loss of trade deals with US and EU and almost non-existent Manufacturing base makes entire economy stand on “service and finance / banking industries”....
Well, I am Indian, born in Ethiopia, raised in Zambia, degree in India & and South African for 31 yrs. The colonies history in 3/4 countries and transition is the same. No wonder my parents loved Ethiopia most. They were never colonized.. Been to west many times..England..stayed there for some 6 months and on holiday recently. Good that the previous colonies, regardless of what popular media says, has progressed very well. I would hate to think of the misery of the locals in those countries
Gosh the 92 yo Aunty talking about their life with Indian servants made my blood boil. So Colonist families are still longing to live kings and queens🤔
Yes she seems a tad arrogant. However my in-laws were wealthy Catholics from Goa. They lived in Bombay prior to Partition and moved to Karachi after Partition. They had many servants too. I think it was a class thing not so much a British vs. Indian matter.
Very Sad. Had tears listening to this documentary. Partition separated my Dad's step mom and half brothers and sisters. They all had to go to Pakistan and my Dad never new their whereabouts since he had left with his Aunt to come to East Africa when my grandfather remarried. Lost total contact. I am sure I have paternal families in Pakistan and but do not know them. It will always be an unknown paternal family history. Partition - Livelyhood Destroyed - Heartbreaking - Separated Families!
@@karti-soor Whatever I said is just a plain simple fact. and I dont give a f to your resist rant. becuase no one can ever be more resists than you ppl. you cn lie better than others thats the only difference.
Haha funny how you are saying that when Muslims are being openly butchered in India even in this day and age with the people, politicians, and media all supporting and justifying it. Thank God for a visionary like Jinnah who foresaw that and helped build separate Muslim nation, otherwise god only knows what would have happened to Pakistani Muslims had Pakistan not been created.
Thank you so much for creating this. My grandfather escaped Pakistan when Bangladesh was still a part of it. The horrors he saw in East Pakistan, and family and friends he had lost still haunt him till this day. He is a survivor of the genocide in the 70s, and I have been recording his story to be able share with the world one day!
I feel a connection here. My widowed grandma sought refuge in India with her 5 children during the partition carnage (1947) leaving her home & hearth behind in Dhaka (East Pakistan). During our growing up years we heard the terrible stories of that era from my father who was a teenager fleeing to India with his widowed Ma & siblings.
Yes, in Bengal the 1970-71 genocide was probably even worse
Gandhi stopped Muslim carnage in India but no such issue for Muslims.....they are 30 percent again.....be ready fir the next partition
Nothing happened to east bengal minorities in 1947 or 1971 .they all escaped to get share in kolkata wealth. Only in United punjab massacre happened due stupid politics of master Tara singh
Where ever they are in majority,,,they will flout human rights...that’s the truth...stark and naked
The Hindu family welcoming Sameer and his grandfather...so kind. Such a beautiful story, Sameer how amazing you got to accompany your grandfather. His words cut so deeply but you were there to support him. I will never be able to do that with my grandma, I had to bring sand back from Cuba for her grave. Somehow I felt like you and your grandfather did it for us. Our humanity can be stronger than our differences. Thank you.
@Mohini S I hear your pain screaming and I’m sorry. Look forward. They are two different people. Being part black the racism in the US that is alive and well has struck me to the core and I happen to be with a white man for the last 6 years. His people put mine in chains and some still try. He was a fellow protester with me against racism along with many people of every hue and faith. The lessons of the past have taught us we all need grace. We can BE BETTER and NEVER FORGET while we FORGE AHEAD. I extend my hand to you fam, please come with us but never forget.
@Mohini S obviously he himself said his father was a member of Muslim League and he himself held Pakistani flag.
@@jessicaemilia101 lol, you are preparing us mentally for another masscare.. Being good and being Stupid are 2 different things. If you can not say and accept Hard truth better keep your mouth shut.
@@jessicaemilia101 u r still to meet a jihadi
@@navneetdadhichi1124 they painted Pakistan in front of their house......come on
Living in the Caribbean and having east Indian traits, this really was interesting yet heartbreaking.. Great documentary
What would you say you are? West indie or East Indian
@@pcoronado190 both..my great great grandparents from India..came during the time of Indentureship/slavery
Wow yes your life was deeply affected by this I bet 😂
@Abhishek Ghosh ‘East India’ is what westerners call the country of India
East india I think west bengal because huge flow of refugees were there to east Pakistan at that time.
My family is Sikh, and my dad's entire side of the family were from Lahore. When I was young, my great-grandfather was still alive, and he told me the stories about growing up in Pakistan and how horrific the Partition was with people turning against each other and being uprooted from their homes. Truly, India wasn't divided. It was Punjab and Bengal that were divided.
My grandfather was born in Rawalpindi before partition happened and also family is also Sikh as well too.
A minute correction about bengal.....Bengal was already divided along religious lines in 1905 into west and east bengal....West bengal had majority hindus....east bengal had majority muslims....and when muhammad ali jinnah's party won the 1946 provincial elections in punjab and bengal winning all the muslim majority seats.....It was evident that country was going to get divided.....but the most mischivious thing that the british did was to make this divide abruptly which killed millions in punjab in bengal in bihar in bombay....but because the extent of population of hindus and sikhs in pakistan part of punjab was much more than the hindus in east bengal....enormous deaths happened in punjab region....Though the train was running....it was all dead inside!
You are right,
But do you know why did Punjab and Bengal only?
Use your knowledge and brain
@@srmaz565 what's wrong
@@srmaz565 only violence not the partition
Bcz British focus for asure partition was a long Western border from top north to the sea of kaccha, Gujarat
And same in the east from top Asam to the Bangla-sea
Result is a land-lock state from kashmir to sindh in the west, And same in the east,
This was a British plan to block the position and the growth of India through.. it's land connections
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Hindu Muslim riots was the game to distruct the focus of Indian leaders *brains* out of the main devil's plan.
Destroy india,...
At 49:37, the Muslim historian is saying that it was totally ethnic cleansing. That statement is false and incorrect because it was not ethnic cleansing; instead, it was religious cleansing. In Punjab, Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims were all ethnic Punjabis, and the only difference between them was the religion. It was the same in Bengal where they were all ethnic Bengalis but separated by religion. Secondly, he said that in Punjab, there were 60% Muslims, and now only 1.6 % are Muslims, but after the partition in Pakistani Punjab, the native Punjabi Hindu and Sikhs are not even 0.0001% of the population.
As always it was an Islamic propaganda. Always playing the victim card. They voted for muslim league and the creation of Pakistan yet they were cleansed! 🤦🏻♂️
@@INSTAFLIXMEDIA And virtually nobody left India There are more Muslims in India than in Pakistan
U r right. It was religious cleansing bcoz ethnically every one was punjabi in punjab belongs to any religion and ethnically everyone was bengali belongs to any religion.
Right, actually in East punjab, muslims stayed back in significant concentrations all throughout the state, especially in Amritsar, Jalandhar, ludhiana, Malerkotla, Sangrur, patiala, moga Muktsar Barnala, Hoshiarpur, Same in haryana and Jammu also, despite severe riots. And delhi don't have to tell. Whole Old Delhi and Nizamuddin area is huge muslim.
@@unknownindian6531 thats because of secular congress...nd divided hindus as the hindus of maharashtra or elsewhere did not stand with their hindu bretheren.....
Oh, I shed tears on these stories. Giving me so much insight about the history of India and the partition. Cheers from Philippines.
Every body talks of Syrian refugees , the press covers it for days but tragedy of indian partition is worst where million people lost their lives , property. Every time I read or see anything about this partition I start crying
Don’t worry … the Syrians will also be forgotten like those from the 1947 partition … why have the British paid nothing for their atrocities?
@@anitachoudhry1485 what you said is true. All of us have short memory and indifferent attitude
Also I think, refugees in I dka atleast could stand back on their feet. They are active contributors to society, they progressed, they are mostly not differentiated. They worked hard to stand up and thankfully the conditions were good enough to do so. So that economic or social discrimination is lesser than Syrian refugee cases. Also media might have turned blind eye when it really happened and that was pathetic.
You know it's a good documentary when you end up crying. Well done. ❤️
I live in Calcutta...we are hindu ..my grandparents came from Bangladesh ...for saving their lives ! I cried my eyes out while watching this video....my grandpa died 8th sep due to corona he used to say her father was a businessman...and they were 6 siblings...and one day armed men came to their house and told them that this is the last chance they have to leave... otherwise they'll kill all of them by then they had killed the neighbors of my grandpa....Oh lord ! I can't imagine going through this kind of horror .... history was cruel it must not repeat itself..everrrr !!!
🙄 how about Muslims who came from West Bengal side? Do you think they’re life was so perfect? Oh well, you already have one supporter who replied to your comment. Be happy with it.
hindus were forced to leave, muslims were also the same!!! this was trap!! and fate!
@@JI-cs1vk I don't think she has said anything about Muslims who went from West Bengal. But look at the Muslim population in West Bengal and the Hindu population in Bangladesh. You will understand the difference.
@@newsjunkieish i don’t understand the difference nor i wish to. you ppl always thinks you are the best and superior
@@JI-cs1vk So do you. Fact of the matter is that people on both sides died during Partition. But Hindus have systematically been driven out of BD in waves ever since. It is a fact. That kind of post-partition exodus of Muslims is yet to take place from India. So yes, in some ways we are superior.
Good lord, what a world we live in ... the more things change, the more we just keep fighting each other. Thank you to those who wish this world to be a better place.
I am from Bangladesh....this video made me emotional....and the hindu family in nowakhali story is very emotional
@Abhishek Ghosh .. Mushfiqur will celebrate as much as & however/ whichever way he wants. .. teach your country men especially India's under-19 players .. how to behave first. .. then we could even consider to even whatever. .. & I'd say "ways to mend relations" is remote. .. there is a single way to do that which is " WEST BENGAL BECOME PART OF BANGLADESH". .... ADIOS AMIGO.
@@akhanddbangladesh8274 Certainly you are living in delusions.
@Abhishek Ghosh there are many Bihari and West Bengal, assam muslim living in Bangladesh they face same problems
@@akhanddbangladesh8274 older generations of India knew manners and respect. New generations are worst. They think they own the whole world. Even their older generations don’t like them.
@@akhanddbangladesh8274 God forbid we will see Bangladesh go under the sea before that
The irony lies in the fact that the children of the muslim league leader who wanted a separate pakistan, are now all settled in the west, away from the so called muslim homeland he wanted to create.
True that 😂😂
@@INSTAFLIXMEDIA Or in India
yhea and a lot of hindus went abroad too from hindustan whats ur point
@@e.k874 the point is that hindus never wanted a separate homeland and i think even most muslims in present say india did not want, but it was because of the leaders of muslim league that the subcontinent was witness to such a horrific bloodshed, and now children of such leaders are living abroad in luxury while the the common folk of the subcontinent still lives in misery.
@forchange optimistic you sound like a sanghi. Shame on you.
“This is not my country… this is not my house” that still breaks my heart watching this a year later. The trauma that man has been through is unimaginable. Partition turned people’s worlds completely upside down and everything that they knew before was taken away (homes, friends, jobs, cultural identities etc.)Hopefully one day( way in the future)the wounds between these two countries can be healed
I hope too, unfortunately religions are against it.
Hear the helpless cry of a father to a son, Sammer and his father, melt my heart. Such a bond that will never broken, even death will not. Thank You Sammer for accompanying you father. May that relationship goes in generation to generation. God bless.
Really thy made me Cry too Alhamdulillah he Company his loveing father to fulfill his wish, ❤️Really yu are great Son Allah Ap koh khush Rakhy watching from Jammu My father also left here in Jammu hiding inside home.
That was his grandfather, not a father.
@@meetaraikar1585 Oh now am confused, thats his dad or grandpa? i thought his dad.
This is very educational to me about the tragedies of partition. There are many historical partitions that have caused grief and horror. Great documentary!!!
Hey there Angelo. I’m pretty sure I already know the answer but I don’t like to assume anything about anyone SO I was wondering if you’re Greek??! I’m guessing you ARE going by your last name that’s part of your screen name. I’m also Greek, at least for the most part. My dad is 100% Greek & my Mom’s side is mainly from Wales but they also have some Irish down the line.
Anyhow, do you happen to know of any other documentary type of films that are similar to this one but are about Greece??! I’ve really gotten into these type of historical films over the passed 3 or so years but I find so many are one sided no matter what country(íes) the film is about and I thought I would ask.
I apologize for the long reply but like I said, I’ve really been into watching these and seeing someone else who has the same sort of background made me feel compelled to ask you this. Thanks so much in advance for any of your help and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Nancy. 😁🇨🇦🌏🇬🇷🙂
@Mohini S as if Hindus were such an angels 🙄
@@JI-cs1vk it started with direct action day...and who started it?????
Im adopted, but my real mom is a Indian migrant. I wish i knew where i came from and who my ancestors were. Maybe ill get the opportunity to find out. 🤞
Regina De Rozario ...and if you don't get that chance to meet your mom, remember your adopted parents as God's blessings!
@@sheilajacob4732 i love my adopted parents unconditionally.as for my real mom ive found her on fb, however have not had luck contacting her. Time well only tell. Its all a waiting game.
@@ginarozario8945 I am very happy for you!
@@ginarozario8945 Then you are family
Do you know what part of India is your mom from?
I am Pakistani-American. My family from my fathers side can trace its root to Jalandhar, India. After partition, my family from my fathers side settled in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad area. My grandfather from my dads side was very smart, and was the author of several calculus textbooks. There is one surviving picture from his youth when he was a university student in India. It breaks my heart but I never got a chance to speak to my grandparents about the lives, friends, families, homes and businesses they had to leave behind. I wonder if I have some relatives in the Punjab area of India.
You should try to find out all you can. Living with the regret will fester and I think you may not feel whole if you always wonder but don’t act. At least if you try, you won’t feel the helplessness of not knowing. I hope and wish the best for you in your journey. Stay blessed my friend. 🙂
Fahim lodhi- this is because of ghatiya jinnah
@@singhparihar8530 oh please the Hindus are equally responsible, you think the Muslims would have wanted their own countries if they felt safe living next to their Hindu neighbors?
@@kotaniyumiko oh yeah 51 Islamic countries spread all over the world on different continents scared of 1 Hindu majority area in South Asia 😢 it's definitely the Hindu's who spread their religion with sword definitely not Muslims which originated in the Middle East 🤡
@kotami jumiko let me tell you one thing muslims want their different country almost 99.9 percent muslims agree this nd pakistan is made...80percent of these muslims ancentors are converted from hindu to muslims and thats fact ,,,,,,pakistan is for muslims nd india is for Sanatani (sikh,hindu,jain,bodh etc,,,) but still some sanatani remain in pakistan and muslims in india ,,,we indian accept muslims (30percent now in india2021) but sanatani(sikh hindu jain,bodh )from 20 percent to 1.0 on less percent in 2020 ...still hindus are intolerant ,bla bla bla ....list is really long i don't have that much time for that
According to this documentary,Hindus wanted a United India and the other religions wanted to split, which means that Hindus never supported partition as Hindus believe in Vasudeva kutumbhikam, which means we all are a family, if the whole world understands this, The world would be a better place to live
Not all muslims wanted partition. There were muslims who left the newly formed so called islamic Pakistan to come to India, because they had fought for a united , pluralist India
Right
@@71espn Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan aka basha khan
@Abubakar Mohiuddin nope.
@Abubakar Mohiuddin .....of Terrorism 😉
Just a suggestion @Real Stories u guys should make a documentary about the Indian Indenture Labour System of 1838 of 1 million Indians ship to Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Jamaica, Suriname n Fiji
This video brought tears in my eyes...!!!
Can't help myself thinking abt that era where so many people lost their lives,family members,homes and places...!!!
Please upload part 2!
Amazing how much pain humanity suffer from this situation I hope we will change to much love
All of these people come from money. Doctors...land owners... Imagine how much worse it was for those who were servants or had nothing. Who couldn't leave due to no money. Such a sad thing.
Those people with no means were simply cut down. Massacred. I heard terrible stories from my dad who was a teenager then & was a refugee to India.
These stories are from upper caste landowners/class who are/were themself exploitators of villagers who were fully dependent on them. That why they are very nostalgic about the lost of their privileged life.
@@khalidatws This is not a story of caste system or rift between sunnis and shias.
@@abhijitguha494 this not the story of Bahujan either.
@@abhijitguha494 or brahman and shudars
Tears tears and tears,no words.
Wow wow wow, So interesting ; so very sad, I have been all over India, been to Pakistan and Bangladesh, I’ve sat and watched this today and cried through out , very powerful. 🙏🙏🙏. God bless you all. ❤️ and respect to you all.
What interesting stories...I found myself crying through some of the stories...heartbreaking...💔😢
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@Mohini S mughals also responsible for brainwashing these people
@@coldblue5158 oh bhai.. bus... mughals...!! Matlab kuch bhee
I'm learning so much about the past from watching documentaries. It's sad that some people's greed ruined a country and killed lots of it's people.
@Mohini S Hindus and Muslims are guilty but all this was formulated by the British All the suffering the British people will go through now will be God's judgment
@Mohini S you cant blame it all on muslims
religion did because one religion wanted a separate nation
Independence was ok but separating India wasn't isn't it !?
Separating is one of most harmful British did to India.
It was a political game to divide the country.
Nope. The biggest mistake was not going for a clean Partition. Now, the Muslims in India want another separate country. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
History's lessons, when not properly learnt or are forgotten, are destined to be repeated. 🙏
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
@Aryan Raj in bengal election they are saying that they contribute 30 percent of population and they can create 4 pakistan
@Aryan Raj kisi n shi kaha humare ghar m jb tk aag nhi lag jati tb tk logo ko samaj m nhi aata bengal m hindu communist atheist sbko mara gya h but tumhe lagta h sirf hindu ko mara h jb tk khud m ghar m aag nhi lagegi tb tk sb bhakt hi lagege tujhe
Yes you are right Britishers did that their divide and rule policy and now blaming us 😡at present also they are doing that between 🇮🇱 and 🇵🇸 for their own benifit they destroyed our culture, tradition,real education,our roots everything their so called authors wrote false and half reality infact never ever wrote the reality we were the most educated in the past they snatched it they tried to felt us that we our nothing but in reality we are the origin
If you want to know something about 🇮🇳 watch Vedios of Abhijit chavda an Indian scientist and historian 🙏
Common people whether in India , Bangladesh or in Pakistan still feels the pain of partition. It was just the politicians of that time and somehow our colonizers for their own selfish goal partioned India into two parts.
I litterally cried watching this documentary.
Wow brother you are absolutely correct , if only people will judge the wide picture
Unless some Miracle Happens the people of these 3 countries for foolish Acts of some politicians are destined to Suffer Till Eternity.
The landscape of Bangladesh looks like mesmerizingly Beautiful.
Unfortunately not many understand like you.
FACT: the muslims were not forced to flee rather they decided to go there.
Sad to see elderly face the pain of their past which they had no control over. Made me tear up.😢
It was a great documentary. I'm old enough to have spoken with people that suffered through partition. Both sides suffered too many emotions. It really upset me to see a colonist trying to play the victim. The British started the fire.
BR Ambedkar(writer of Indian constitution) wanted an exchange of population after India was divided. Unfortunately it didn't happen. Hence we have some religious problems in India lately.
Watching this documentary is very painful. Can't stop my tears 😭😭
I can't stop crying whenever I watch any partition video.
What a beautiful documentary, brought me to tears.
My grandparents migrated from Raja jang, lahore to Ferozepore district during partition. He always had high regards for his village in lahore distt... We always love our punjabi brothers across the border. We r the same people. LotS of love... Punjabis n bengalis suffered the most because of partition
@@advocatevarunrathi2831 and who stops you from eating non veg.. Only fools argue on what to eat n what not to. Its always a matter of choice than anything else0
Punjabi bengalis and hindu sindhis
@@travelbuddies7468 what u wana say??
@@uccforbharat9664 yea.. sindhis too suffered
In my opinion, Bengali Hindus suffered the most. And that too one-sided there were few who migrated from West Bengal to East Pakistan and the fun fact is that many people who voted for Pakistan came back to India and got important powerful political positions many people like Comrade Syed Mansur Habibullah who became the Law Minister of West Bengal in 1982. In 1947 he voted for Pakistan then went there and became a member of the East Pakistan Communist Party then came back. All India Muslim League won 100 seats from Madras Presidency. The worst thing is that most of the Bengali Hindus are obsessed with Stockholm Syndrome and voted for the commies for 34 years. But at least we Bengali Hindus got our West Bengal through the Bengali Hindu Homeland Movement otherwise we wouldn't exist.
No one Hindus and sikhs or sidhis were in favour of partition..
This was only muslim leagues leaders who spoiled and poisoned Muslim peoples mind..which led to this horrible partition and aftermaths..
Every one suffered..except those Muslim league leaders..
Otherwise hindus or muslims were staying in harmony 😌
My mom used to tell this to me..that there was no BHED BHAV .. but politics,game by Britishers who did nothing to stop violence ruined India and hindu muslims relations
No Muslims voted for Muslim league which gave them power .
@Abubakar Mohiuddin
Your attitude is you, you dont know anything about God. 😂
@Abubakar Mohiuddin Shut up man!! For once in your life... Shut your religious mouth.. and Enjoy the real india!!
Abubakar likes poverty life i think , you can find mostly in Islamic countries isnt it !?
I heard RSS was pro partition
I Am Here 🇬🇾 Because They 🇬🇧 Were There 🇮🇳 🌹💓🌹
Religion In Politics Are 2 Faces Of The Same Coins, Design To Divide And Conquer! Because Unity Regardless Of Religion Is Power! Very Sad And Painful Truth! 🇮🇳 🇬🇾 🇹🇹 🇸🇷 🇧🇧🇵🇰 🇧🇩
UNITY IS POWER FOR CHANGE!
This film made me cry. I wish someday there will not be any division at all. That the world will be in peace. Thank you for sharing this film to the world.
My grandfather refused to go Pakistan 🇵🇰 and stayed in India 🇮🇳 and he also refused to leave his hindu friends. Today I work as Indian army medic proud to be a Indian 🇮🇳 Muslim
Jai hind🇮🇳🙏
Thank u for choosing and staying with us over pak❤️
Indian soil is Proud of you.
Sad story. Something similar happened to people in my country. Greetings from Serbia
Yes I know. I was there when it all started.. people's lives torn apart... horrible..
These stories have to be told and retold... it is tragic that humankind has resorted to violence way too many times in the past... and to this day
I absolutely agree for many reasons but mainly because I see a very common theme in the comment section of these films which is that people are bringing this up as if it affects them directly the way it affected the people who actually lived through it & then they’re told they shouldn’t be affected. Here’s the thing:
*IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS THEM BECAUSE had things NOT happened then they wouldn’t be here as well as it affects them because it would affect how their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc., raised them.*
I’m saying this in a very vague & umbrella type of way because of how it affected people by their religion which even in today’s age, religion plays a massive roll in people’s lives & things could be so much more different today had certain things turned out differently if they hadn’t happened at all. SO YES.....people have a very valid sense of how the course of history STILL affects them & others worldwide even til today!
I really appreciate that you said this because no one should ever have to keep quiet about what they feel and why & they shouldn’t have to argue with anyone to validate what they feel because no one has the right to dictate what they feel & the meaning of that.
Stay blessed and I hope you have a great week coming up,
Nancy. 🇨🇦😁❤️🙂🌏
I just read my comment back and I didn’t realize how long of a post it was so I want to apologize for that BUT I’ve got a feeling that you totally understand that it’s because of how emotional these sorts of events can make someone feel & when you get a chance to express your feelings and thoughts about it, we can tend to ramble on and on.
Anyhow, on top of that, I also wanted to thank you for taking the time to read this and/or respond if you end up actually getting the notification for this but considering we all know how bad UA-cam’s track record is, I’ll definitely understand if it takes time if at all they send you a notice that I replied to you.
Take care,
Nancy. 😁❤️🙂
Amazing stories of courage in the midst of horror. The first hand accounts are so important for the world to know what happened.
Heartbreaking... We youngsters are enjoying independence but never thought this sort of heart breaking incidents happened in many families during independence.
It's just not easy to do that. I hope people shared more stories and we had exposure to that. We all are taught about partition and how some people died... But their stories are hidden without any purpose. I wish they documented it. It's very difficult to empathize with unknown scenario...one can try but such documentaries help more.
Heart throbbing documentary felt every single emotion. A line couldn't divide the memories and feelings of people. Why can't we have just one religion the religion of Humanity. At that time too politics divided whole nation and at present similar is happening
"History is repeating itself"
I am literally crying..😭😭😭
Whole time I was watching this video by God I was crying its so emotional and there are millions other sad stories like this, I heard from my grandfather what was happening those days.😥😥
thank you for this film......never heard this part of history before! very revealing.....
So sad!!! This documentary made me cry. I pray for peace in this world 🙏
I cant imagine how ppl in partition managed to survive my gosh...i literally cried watching this
Many survived with the help of Christian Indian families hiding them.
I am crying now. Love from Pakistan
why? you asked for it
@@coldblue5158 bara farigh banda hai.. her jaga comment.. matlab kuch bhee
Love from India..
I thank you that added British colonials as well, i have met many who love India just like us like the Kipling family and Harringtons.
And Joanna Lumley..
@@MariaLopez-hc2nm Imperialism has no excuses Some of the might have been good and kind than what were they doing in India
Are Bhai aap idhar , CC ki stream pe nhi ja rhe ab?
@@RS-iz7jr jaaenge pehle Humanbeing ji ke liye ek presentaion bnaai hai woh dikhani hai
@@Yash-uo4jm kis topic pe hai?
Thank you ❤
Very sad stories. People had to go through very damaging hardships. Saddest for all who lost their loved ones.
Great documentary
Thanks for sharing
Very very sad. My family were indentured labourers who volunteered to come or were kidnapped to South Africa by the British in 1860. It's very sad. We have no links to India, nobody to remember our families, just faded photos of our South African families some fervently holding to Hindi rituals and culture. However, it's so diluted, we consider ourselves South African.
Great you are definitely South African Only request don't totally forget your heritage
@@unknownindian6531 no. We won't let that happen even if Indians from India laugh at our attempts to speak Hindi🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
One love brother same here in Guyana n Trinidad
As per recent Indian philosophy.. it must be because of Jinnnah, Gandhi and Nehru
@@ganeshsookram4287 yes of course. I think you guys were meant to come to South Africa but were eventually taken to the West Indies. Do you remember reading about Mr Biswas in school. We definitely identify with you. Take care brother.
Even my family was horribly impacted by the partition and the riots that followed the partition. My ancestors lived in baris hal dist of east bengal later it became east pakistan. My ancestors lost everything and became refugees in their own country. They suffered for many years. My father uncles aunts grand parents lost everything. They remained hungry without shelter for many days. I feel so so sad whenever I recall the horrible experiences of my ancestors.
Just imagine, we, the current generation who are in India are alive, living, thriving, having happy times, having jobs etc. All because of the tremendous pain and misery our ancestors had to go through to ensure we, their future generation live and are safe and have decent lives.
Bengali Hindus of East Bengal suffered the most. The Intellectuals & Sonar Bangla was made possible by the educated and creative Hindu Bengalis.
My fathers' family belonged to Montgomery /Sahiwal, Pakistan and had to come to India leaving their ancestral properties all behind, just like millions of others on both sides of the border.
There were good human beings, Hindus and Sikhs, who saved Muslims. Just as there were very good Muslims who saved Hindus and Sikhs.
And then there were those on both sides who were only human to look at but were anything but human.
Dear Anita Rani, many thanks for your wonderful efforts to educate us, ANIl from Sri Lanka,
I'm not a Muslim nor Sikh or Hindu but tears welled up my eyes watching this video!
Man's inhumanity to his fellow man can never be justified by religion!
I hope the present generation can really rise beyond religious fanaticism!
Unscrupulous politicians across the world also need to stop inciting religious sentiments!
The whole documentary was so emotional ❤️😭.
Truly humans are complex being.
Even when I have nothing to do with any of them or related to them I'm flooding with emotion 😭😭❤️.
My Grandfather is Andhra served in the WW2 British Indian Army Stationed in Pakistan Peshawar Rawalpindi My Mother Aunty 2 Uncles grew up in pakistan one infant died in pakistan
I belong to Maharashtra, even my Great grandfather was posted to Peshawar 2 of my Grandmothers elder sisters we born der...later he joined Azad Hind Fauz and lived in Rangoon Jungles till 1949 and then returned back to village
And when you got converted bro?
What a great documentary. ❤️
when we can see part 2, its really great the first part
Oh grandpa, i wept as he wept. Oh dear me, papa, you are right, Ambala will always be in your ❤ heart but it is no longer your home. You are British but you will never forget the land of your birth
God is great The conquerors left
There is NO ISLAMIC country in EU.
During the Partition of India , it is estimated that 200,000 to 2 million deaths and
10 to 20 million displaced. It is one of the biggest upheavals in the history of mankind.
The man and 43:00 was my Grandfather Lt. Col. Santosh Kumar Sarkar. I've hunted for this whole episode for so long, and though I've heard this story, this is the first time I've heard it from him first hand. He passed away during the pandemic, and this is one of the only videos I have of him. I'm glad it exists, and I'm glad I get to see and here him through this medium. You don't know what you have till it's gone. RIP dadu
I cried throughout this whole vedio.
Heart-Wrenching Documentary.
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49:34 I’ve a problem with this man, please do ask him how many Hindus Christians Buddhist and Sikhs were left in Pakistan after partition.
What an impactful documentary, I have for the first time witnessed a story of the Bangladeshi migration of a Hindu family and a compelling story of Author Wise, who was a noble Britisher, he actually wanted to establish peace in India. I think I am softened by Mandy's tears and take her tears as repentant of what Britishers caused; a sudden migration and forever dividing India between Hindu and Muslim.
Let me put away these onions..seem to hv me tear up
How interesting it was that the Documentary of Reuniting Families...have shown some of Their tremendous past Lives. I would've brought up to tears by a sudden mend of Conflicts and issues regards of Seperating a nation that Borders a Crossing Line of each country!! The interviewer herself was giving her perspective about her Story, was a Very Foretelling Secrecy that needs to be Unearth publicly.
Excellent documentary on partition of 1947. My father was working in RBI in Kolkata in 1947. He had to flee Kolkata with my mom & eldest sister during the communal riots leaving his valuable materials. We had landed properties also in West bengal but my father could not sell Those properties. Those properties were declared enemy properties by the Indian Govt. He had again started his new life in then East Pakistan now Bangladesh.
wrong. your father did not have to "flee". rather he left because he believed in the pakistan movement.
there are still a lot of bengali muslims in west bengal india today.
@@coldblue5158 It proved that you didn't watched the whole documentary.. there was a part where migration of a Muslim leader from Ambala was discussed and the local resident said that he had to flee at midnight otherwise next day he would have been murdered... !
@@NMG717 And what was wrong in that? Why ask for an Islamic nation at first place, then kill non muslims in a jihaad and expect everyone to keep quiet. This is problem with Islam.
@@neurodivtries4101 wah bhai wah.. sawal aataa.. jawab chanaa.. dekh tu lo k bat kya ho rahi hai
The Indian owned properties are also declared enemy properties. Nothing different.
What a touchy documentary !
This kinda reminds me of the trail of tears in the U.S and all the stuff like it done to the Native North Americans.
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
I am from Bangladesh. Unfortunately we are never taught about these atrocities happened in our country more than 70 years ago. Just a shame.
People really don’t understand how recently this was. 70 years is nothing
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
You are right.
@@dss6838 it's because they orchestrated it. Similar violence and chaos was engineered wherever the colonial powers had to leave their colonies.
Good document. I can sense the deep emotion exists in the minds of the people of their home land.
So sad to see a country divided into three parts Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. I can only wish we can live like the EU one day where there are no borders. respect from Pakistan.
We can if your country stops sponsoring Terrorism . We have always wanted peace.
The EU is a mess of broken peoples, broken cultures , and broken religions. Nothing good has come from forcing these very different beliefs together. Across the EU murder,rape, robbery, and hatred has exploded.
@@RJFPme England is going to be worse don't worry
Keep dreaming lol. Laughable comment.
Most of us don't need that. We are happy in India and happy with the borders intact.
lol you people asked for it now saying "so sad"?
So much pain and sufferings people went through during those days...tears in my eyes throughout this video. Question remains why? Why? Why?
This was absolutely heart wrenching to watch... Can someone please send me the link for the second part of this journey... I would definitely want to know more about what happened..
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There you go. (No, I'm not rickrolling fr lol)
My great grand parents and grand parents migrated from village hamboke near gujjranwala city pakistan to India. Left all the assets there and barely made it to India. They always cried when telling the stories of their birth place. They lost everything including lots of family members.
I feel a connection here. My widowed grandma sought refuge in India with her 5 children during the partition carnage (1947) leaving her home & hearth behind in Dhaka (East Pakistan). During our growing up years we heard the terrible stories of that era from my father who was a teenager fleeing to India with his widowed Ma & siblings. What you sikhs & punjabi hindus endured in West Pakistan, we Bengali Hindus endured in East Pakistan.
Same happened to us, they were quite an affluent in Sialkot, when came to India they had nothing.
It was best in interest of Hindus if demand of BR Ambedkar was accepted. Full exchange of population. We are facing Jihad and project Joshua.
Thank you for sharing.
The british government have a lot to answer for .
Entire world was silent and watched this butchery. That's king George... The GREAT britain... And his daughter sits on throne Shamelessly, never even apologising. Nasty lady.
wow i literally felt that moment and could understand everyones feelings. So the moral of the message is never trust the poilitical parties who play dirty for their own interest rather should be matured enough to deal with any such situation.
Thousand of people mostly (hindus ,sikh) lost their life ,,,million became homeless,,lost their families,,,broken etc all of this because of muslim league ,british ,nehru ,jinna etc,,,,nd forget it as nothing happens ,,,,,,but we will never forget this ,,,,sorry is not acceptable ,,,,after seeing this my fingures can't stop to write all these thing i m atually feeling pain of my Sanatani(hindu,sikh,jain,bodh etc people right now🙏🇮🇳🙏
How can you say mostly Hindu & Sikh
My Sister in law (My brother's wife) is Sikh and her family is one of those families who fled to Jammu- then to Delhi(India) from Pakistan, her aunt tells us that their family members were scattered across different districts in Pakistan ( Peshawar, Mirpur, Rawalpindi) all came running to India during the massacre of non Muslims in Pakistan.
In particular her aunt's family came from Mirpur at the time when Muslim Tribals(Pashtuns) attacked Kingdom of Jammu& Kashmir.
Jammu was safe heaven for those Hindu-Sikh families who escaped massacres in Mirpur,Kotli,Bimber(Pakistan)
In India, Western Uttar Pradesh,Delhi were also up in communal flames, Muslims were targeted.
Partition could have happened without bloodsheed only if Politicians of that time and The Britsh Govt had done some serious honest work in that regard.
I wish and pray our old India becomes India again
India+ Pakistan+Bangladesh+Nepal+Bhutan=❤️
No Sir. We are happy as independent Pakistan. We can try to live peacefully & be responsible neighbors.
@@elimccain1728 👍🏾
Fantastic documentary..
My great grandparents' and grandparents story (both paternal and maternal)is almost similar to that shown of the first Bangladesh origin family.The only difference been that they were part of eastern modern Bangladesh and they have since then always lived in and served India🇮🇳 by doing thier respective works and paying their share of taxes.🤗But life goes on and we move forward-Period.
Jinnah had sought 13% Reserved Parliamentary Seats for Muslims in _United India_ ..... and Gandhi and Nehru rejected this demand.... What led afterwards is tragedy of Indian subcontinent... I love to read _present day British Journalists “crying for lost lives and seeds of current conflicts sown during partition”_ .... Have they ever acknowledged that it’s their own home country that’s responsible for worldwide conflicts today due to role British played throughout the Commonwealth territories? For _then British it was all about “loot of other countries”_ and _now 64 million Brits are realizing “divorce from EU” comes at very high cost_ .... Loss of trade deals with US and EU and almost non-existent Manufacturing base makes entire economy stand on “service and finance / banking industries”....
Heart breaking true story...
The most heartouching and very beautiful vedio i have ever seen💓.. Thumbs-up to you guys.. And waiting for the 2nd part
Curious to know when the second part will be on air.
Well, I am Indian, born in Ethiopia, raised in Zambia, degree in India & and South African for 31 yrs.
The colonies history in 3/4 countries and transition is the same.
No wonder my parents loved Ethiopia most. They were never colonized..
Been to west many times..England..stayed there for some 6 months and on holiday recently.
Good that the previous colonies, regardless of what popular media says, has progressed very well. I would hate to think of the misery of the locals in those countries
Gosh the 92 yo Aunty talking about their life with Indian servants made my blood boil. So Colonist families are still longing to live kings and queens🤔
mughals also used indians as servants not just british. feel pity for us indians
Yes she seems a tad arrogant. However my in-laws were wealthy Catholics from Goa. They lived in Bombay prior to Partition and moved to Karachi after Partition. They had many servants too. I think it was a class thing not so much a British vs. Indian matter.
She's just narrating the reality at that time. Colonialism was there .
@@Canuck13 were your in law’s servants White/European?
@@nightingaleofficial3604 No they were Indian/Goan of Brahmin origin. My father in law ran Burma Oil and mother in law worked at the British Embassy.
Very Sad. Had tears listening to this documentary. Partition separated my Dad's step mom and half brothers and sisters. They all had to go to Pakistan and my Dad never new their whereabouts since he had left with his Aunt to come to East Africa when my grandfather remarried. Lost total contact. I am sure I have paternal families in Pakistan and but do not know them. It will always be an unknown paternal family history. Partition - Livelyhood Destroyed - Heartbreaking - Separated Families!
No matter How good and how rich you are , if you are living in a muslim majority area you have to leave it 1 day.
Excellent. I have seen in Kashmir 1990. Hindus simply vanished into thin air.
Arjun Singh you are, being a bigoted racist.. Don't generalised all Muslims...
@@karti-soor Whatever I said is just a plain simple fact. and I dont give a f to your resist rant. becuase no one can ever be more resists than you ppl. you cn lie better than others thats the only difference.
Haha funny how you are saying that when Muslims are being openly butchered in India even in this day and age with the people, politicians, and media all supporting and justifying it. Thank God for a visionary like Jinnah who foresaw that and helped build separate Muslim nation, otherwise god only knows what would have happened to Pakistani Muslims had Pakistan not been created.
@@ArjunSingh-wl9dc I have no problem with singh or Hinduism.. Very sexy girls.. Ex girlfriends from Birmingham and London Southhall..
Sad history i am crying sad thank you for sharing