Partition: A doomed romance across the divide

Name: Partition: A doomed romance across the divide
Uploaded: 2017-08-10T22:17:05.000Z
Duration: 3 min 24 s
Description: How partition separated Ismat and Jeetu, a Muslim and a Hindu who fell in love in Kashmir.

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Ismat and Jeetu, a Muslim girl and a Hindu boy, fell in love in Kashmir. But their love fell victim to the violent partition of British-ruled India in 1947 into the two new nations of India and Pakistan.

Video producer: Divya Arya; Illustrator: Vikram Nayak; Video editor Kashif Siddiqui

India

10 August 2017