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India-Pakistan: Voices of Partition This month marks 70 years since British India split into two nations -- Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan -- and millions were uprooted in one of the largest mass migrations in history. Some estimates say up two million -- died in the savage violence that followed, as Hindus and Muslims fleeing for their new homelands turned on one another, raping and butchering in genocidal retribution. Here three people who witnessed that bloody division recount their memories. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES