In 1947, “United India” got vivisected, in which Punjab and Bengal experienced the divide. This political separation compelled at least 15 million religious minorities to leave their respective “homelands” in search of safe shelters and security of life. Partition violence killed between one and two million people in 1947.
Jalandhar-based Sikh man Amarjit Singh's happiness knew no bounds when he met his Muslim sister from Pakistan at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, 75 years after he was separated from his family at the time of Partition.
There were also non-Muslims in East Bengal who had to stay back many didn’t want to leave their ancestral place. Many didn't have the material support to migrate with their family. Partition literature hardly talks about them.
Partition impacted Dhaka book trade: With the expansion of the publishing business, bookshops also sprang up in various parts of Old Dhaka, particularly in Chawkbazar, Islampur, Mughaltuli and Patuatuli. It is estimated that the number of bookshops in Dhaka till 1900 were no less than 40.