About how many people were forced to migrate across the new border in 1947?
A8 crore
B80 crore
C80 lakh
D8 lakh
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 80 lakh
1. Partition caused history's most abrupt transfer of population.
2. About 80 lakh people migrated.
3. Five to ten lakh were killed.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._
Keep practising Modern Indian History
Browse all Modern Indian History questions for UPSC CSE, or explore more History topics.