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1947 Partition - Refugees En Route To Pakistan
F.E. Chaudhrycirca. 1947
The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan
A makeshift refugee camp on the route to Lahore, Pakistan. The set up in the background was typical for those who travelled on foot for all or some part of their journey. They set up camp using the little belongings they had set off with, mostly on bullock carts.
Charpoys (South Asian jute beds) were covered with fabric and fortified with hay. There were no proper arrangements for toilets or washing areas. Hence diseases like cholera and typhus spread rapidly, claiming many lives.
This image is from the collection of F.E. Chaudhry, the only known local photographer who captured the events at the time.
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- Title: 1947 Partition - Refugees En Route To Pakistan
- Creator: F.E. Chaudhry
- Date Created: circa. 1947
- Subject Keywords: 1947 Partition of Indian Subcontinent, Migration, Refugees, Journey, Punjab, Pakistan
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: Copyright © 2017 by Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). All rights reserved. No part of this image may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including copying, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). This image was donated by F.E. Chaudhry to CAP.
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