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The Radcliffe line was the line which drew borders between newly created ] and ]. The Radcliffe line was roughly based on the proposals of ]. The border line between newly created ] and ] in ] was called as the Radcliffe line. It was roughly based on the proposals of ] and was drawn by Viscount ]. Radcliffe had never visited India and didn't know anybody in India before his arrival. Thus, because of his unbaised views, he was considered one of the best people to do the job.


⚫ There were a few disputes regarding the Radcliffe line, the two major ones being Chittagong Hill Tracts and Gurdaspur District. Chittagong Hill Tracts had a higher Non-Muslim population, but was given to Pakistan while Gurdaspur, with a Muslim majority was given to India. The rational of giving Chittagong Hill Tracts to Pakistan was to provide some buffer to ] (in Bangladesh) a major city and port. In the initial proposal of Radcliffe, Gurdaspur District was to be in Pakistan, but it was changed later at the request of ]. The reasons mentioned were that, if the kingdom of ] wanted to integrate with the Indian Union, it would be inaccessible to ]. At the same time it would provide buffer to the ] Holy city of ] which otherwise would be surrounded by Muslim territory.
The line was erected by Viscount ]. Radcliffe had never visited India and didn't know anybody in India before his arrival. He was considered one of the best people to do the job because of unbiased views.

⚫ There were certain disputes regarding the Radcliffe line, the two major ones being Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and Gurdaspur District. CHT had a higher Non-Muslim population and was given to Pakistan and Gurdaspur had a Muslim majority but was given to India. The CHT was to given to Pakistan to provide some buffer to ] (in Bangladesh) a major city and port. In the initial proposal of Radcliffe Gurdaspur District was in Pakistan, it was changed later at the request of ]. The reasons mentioned were that ] would be unaccessible to ] if the kingdom wanted to integrate with the Indian Union and to provide buffer to the ] Holy city of ] who otherwise would be surrounded by Muslim territory.

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The border line between newly created India and Pakistan in 1947 was called as the Radcliffe line. It was roughly based on the proposals of Lord Wavell and was drawn by Viscount Cyril Radcliffe. Radcliffe had never visited India and didn't know anybody in India before his arrival. Thus, because of his unbaised views, he was considered one of the best people to do the job.

There were a few disputes regarding the Radcliffe line, the two major ones being Chittagong Hill Tracts and Gurdaspur District. Chittagong Hill Tracts had a higher Non-Muslim population, but was given to Pakistan while Gurdaspur, with a Muslim majority was given to India. The rational of giving Chittagong Hill Tracts to Pakistan was to provide some buffer to Chittagong (in Bangladesh) a major city and port. In the initial proposal of Radcliffe, Gurdaspur District was to be in Pakistan, but it was changed later at the request of Lord Mountbatten. The reasons mentioned were that, if the kingdom of Kashmir wanted to integrate with the Indian Union, it would be inaccessible to India. At the same time it would provide buffer to the Sikh Holy city of Amritsar which otherwise would be surrounded by Muslim territory.