Vintage Newspapers: Revisiting India, Pakistan Independence
By STAFF Writer August 15, 2011 In the Vintage Newspaper section today we are revisiting India and Pakistan independence in 1947. Below are just few of the chosen newspapers' extracts that covered the news of India and Pakistan independence, partition of India and Pakistan, and riots started on the eve of independence.
The Windsor Daily Star - August 14, 1947 ( Click on image to view full size )
This is how India is divided. The white spaces are the princely states, which either adhere to British rule or are being governed by their maharajahs as independent states...
The Border Cities Star - January 27, 1930 ( Click on image to view full size )
Three hundred Communist mill workers rushed the platform at Chowpathy Sea Face Sunday while a monster crowd was holding an independence day meeting, pulled down the independence flag and sought to hoist the red flag in its place...
The Pittsburg Press - January 28, 1930 ( Click on image to view full size )
Commun...
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