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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Oct 2016

    Mirza Changezi is 104. Has memorized 300 years of family stories with roots in , memories of life by |

    7 replies . 221 retweets 351 likes
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    Kumbh Mela, 1954

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  3. 3h

    Photo of the large crowds at Gandhi's funeral, 1948

    1 reply . 11 retweets 13 likes
  4. 5h

    CORRECTION: Voices of Partition today @ 5:30 pm - Bikaner House -

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  5. 5h

    Join us in Delhi for Voices of Partition 5:30pm - Bikaner House - August 24, 2017 -

    4 retweets 8 likes
  6. 5h

    Samarananda Roy was born in 1942 in & initially his family decided not to migrate

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  7. 9h

    During migration Durdana Haque recalls falling asleep at a railway platform and waking up to bloodshed

    1 reply . 3 retweets 4 likes
  8. 16h

    "[At summer camp] it was very interesting to hear perspectives on Partition from the younger generation." Meet intern Becca Brown!

    1 retweet 3 likes
  9. 18h

    Join us in Delhi for Voices of Partition - August 24, 2017 -

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  10. 19h

    Join us in Mumbai for Voices of Partition on August 5th -

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  11. 22h

    Jaswinder Kaur Chattha's father was the head of the royal guard of the maharaja of Patiala

    2 replies . 2 retweets 9 likes
  12. Aug 22

    Sardar Ali was born on the outskirts of and remembers the sweets he would buy at local festivals

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  13. Aug 22

    Krishnagopal Saha was born in 1945 & remembers the beauty of his childhood village, filled with trees and fields

    2 retweets 1 like
  14. Aug 22

    Nasira Mansoor was 4 yrs old during Partition & remembers her mother carrying her to the nearest railway station

    5 retweets 7 likes
  15. Aug 22

    Naseem Sarwar Khan’s earliest childhood memories are from his first school in , where he was admitted in 1939

    1 retweet 2 likes
  16. Aug 22

    Uma Mazumdar was born in - the daughter of a zamindar, she lived in pre-Partition Bangladesh for many years

    3 retweets 6 likes
  17. Aug 22

    Zila Din was born in 1939 in , Rohtak & remembers the wild animals that lived nearby, including peacocks

    3 likes
  18. Aug 21

    Mamata Biswas still has a deep emotional connection with , but does not wish to go there again

    1 retweet 1 like
  19. Aug 21

    Shibani Bhattacharjee has held onto an inkpot from her home in as a relic of her previous life

    1 retweet 3 likes
  20. Aug 21

    Bride's Toilet by Amrita Sher-Gil, 1937

    1 reply . 15 retweets 38 likes
  21. Aug 21

    Resting by Amrita Sher-Gil, 1940

    19 retweets 39 likes

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