Tag: partition

  • Rediscovering a Forgotten Partition-Era Letter

    Rediscovering a Forgotten Partition-Era Letter

    In a recent trip to our family home, my mom rediscovered an old postcard addressed to my great-grandfather, Mohammad Ali Mirza. The letter was sent to him on October 17, 1947 in the aftermath of the partition of British India by his Hindu friend Diwan C. Khanna, who had to flee from Lahore to Delhi.…