The creation of the Radcliffe Line marked the final implementation of the Indian Independence Act of 1947, which provided for the establishment of the two independent dominions and the determination of their boundaries. These events set in motion one of the largest and most tragic mass migrations in human history, during which as many as 2,000,000 people were slaughtered in communal massacres (although scarce documentation left a wide range of estimates).
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