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Write a Short Essay (250-300 Words) on the Following: How Did Women Experience Partition? - History

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Write a short essay (250-300 words) on the following:

How did women experience Partition?

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For women, partition was horrible. Women were raped, abducted and many times forced to live with strangers and start a new life. They were deeply traumatised and began to develop new family bonds in the changed circumstances.

Women became victims on both the sides of the border. They were forced to live in a strange circumstances. But the government officials of both the countries did not take any serious step to consult those women. Women were left on their fate.

They were even murdered by their own family members. When the men realized that the women of their family would fall into the hands of the enemy, they killed their women with their own hands. To escape from the hands of enemy, in a Sikh village, ninety women were said to have voluntarily jumped into a well.

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Chapter 14: Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences - Exercises [Page 404]

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NCERT History - Themes in Indian History [English] Class 12
Chapter 14 Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences
Exercises | Q 7 | Page 404
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