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Delhi
Delhi, India, designated a World Heritage site.
Following the partition of India in 1947, thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees arrived in Delhi from the newly formed, predominantly Muslim state of Pakistan.1
This mass migration was part of one of the largest population transfers in history, which occurred alongside Indiaās independence and resulted in widespread communal violence and significant displacement.12