August 15, 1947.
India gains its independence after nearly two centuries under British rule.
But the subcontinent isn't celebrating together.
It's splitting apart.
On one side, India.
On the other side, a brand-new country: Pakistan.
What should have been a triumphant moment of liberation became one of history's most traumatic divisions.
Families torn apart.
Trains arriving full of corpses.
Over 15 million people on the move, and nearly two million dead in the chaos that followed.
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