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partition of India

1947 Partition of British India
Event civil_war Q129053
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Summary

partition of India is a civil war[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of civil war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,545 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: British Raj[3], India[4], Pakistan[5]
  • Instance of: partition[6]
  • Location: British Raj[7]
  • Commons category: Partition of India[8]
  • Has part(s): partition of Punjab[9], partition of Bengal[10]
  • Point in time: August 15, 1947[11]
  • Has cause: two-nation theory[12], Indian Independence Act 1947[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Partition of India[14]
  • Commons gallery: Partition of British India[15]
  • Number of deaths: 1,000,000[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

partition of India has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Gandhi India Pakistan Puilly-et-Charbeaux

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · C960657 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 12346476k
    Fast id → 1353944
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX4711457
    Lex id → Indiens_deling
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lex id: Indiens_deling"
  2. 12w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → event/Partition-of-India
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: event/Partition-of-India"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → partition-1947
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: partition-1947, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951720|partition 1947 (#289951720)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  4. 16w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → civil war, partition
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q140159767 */"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Partition of India
    Has cause → two-nation theory, Indian Independence Act 1947
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+1000000'}
    Country → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007561246705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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