Women of 1947 Partition
F.E. Chaudhrycirca. 1947
The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan
1947 Partition of Indian subcontinent, here women and children are photographed at a refugee camp in Punjab, Pakistan.
Women were among the worst affected victims of Partition. The chaos and displacement made them especially vulnerable. They were molested, tortured and kidnapped. Many of the abducted women were forcefully converted to the abductors' religion, who also often married them against their will. There are several accounts of women and girls giving up their own lives by jumping into wells, choosing death over the fate that may have awaited them otherwise.
This image is from the collection of F.E. Chaudhry, the only known local Pakistani photographer who captured the events at the time.
- Title: Women of 1947 Partition
- Creator: F.E. Chaudhry
- Date Created: circa. 1947
- Subject Keywords: 1947 Partition of Indian Subcontinent, Women of Partition, Migration, Refugees, 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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