Memorandum from Terence Allen Shone on the economic effect of the disturbances in Eastern Punjab (31 October 1947)

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On 31 October 1947, Terence Allen Shone, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to India, sends a memorandum to Philip John Noel-Baker, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, on the economic consequences of the disturbances in Eastern Punjab after the partition of the British Indian Empire. The note claims that the partition, which sparked major population movements and massacres among the various communities, has also caused severe problems for agriculture, industry and the economy in general.

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Source: SHONE, Terence Allen. Economic effect of the disturbances in Eastern Punjab. 31-10-1947. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, India: Registered Files. Boundary Commission awards Punjab and Bengal and disturbances arising therefrom. 23/09/1947-15/11/1947, DO 133/60.

Copyright: (c) The National Archives of the United Kingdom

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