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A pocket watch of an Indian man Pandit Devi Dass, who was killed in mob violence in Pakistan. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
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A worker cleans a door in one of the 14 galleries of the Partition Museum that is set to open later this week in Amritsar, India. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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In the 70 years since India and Pakistan were created from the former British Empire, there has never been a venue focused on the stories and memorabilia of those who survived that chaotic and bloody chapter in history. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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The collection is meant to tell the story of how the region's struggle for freedom from colonial rule turned into one of its most violent episodes, as communal clashes left hundreds of thousands of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs dead and another 15 million displaced from their ancestral homes. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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The exhibitions, housed in the redbrick Town Hall building in the north Indian border city of Amritsar, include photographs, newspaper clippings and donated personal items. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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A giant saw installation. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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Mallika Ahluwalia, CEO of the Partition Museum. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
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A pocket watch of an Indian man Pandit Devi Dass, who was killed in mob violence in Pakistan. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
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A worker cleans a door in one of the 14 galleries of the Partition Museum that is set to open later this week in Amritsar, India. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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In the 70 years since India and Pakistan were created from the former British Empire, there has never been a venue focused on the stories and memorabilia of those who survived that chaotic and bloody chapter in history. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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The collection is meant to tell the story of how the region's struggle for freedom from colonial rule turned into one of its most violent episodes, as communal clashes left hundreds of thousands of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs dead and another 15 million displaced from their ancestral homes. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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The exhibitions, housed in the redbrick Town Hall building in the north Indian border city of Amritsar, include photographs, newspaper clippings and donated personal items. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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A giant saw installation. Rishabh R Jain / AP Photo
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Mallika Ahluwalia, CEO of the Partition Museum. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
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A pocket watch of an Indian man Pandit Devi Dass, who was killed in mob violence in Pakistan. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
India opens first Partition museum, 70 years after bloody event
'If you look at any other country in the world, they've all memorialised the experiences that have defined and shaped them. Yet this event that has so deeply shaped not only our subcontinent but millions of individuals who were impacted has had no museum or memorial 70 years later,' said Mallika Ahluwalia, the museum's CEO
Associated Press
15 August, 2017
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