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Examine the challenge of political succession after the death of Jawaharlal Lal Nehru.


1) In the name of religion, people of one community killed people of the other community. Cities like Lahore, Kolkata, and Amritsar were titled as communal zones.


2) People went through social sufferings also be forced to abandon their homes especially minorities, who took shelter in refugee camps.


3) To preserve the honour of family, many women were killed even many children were separated from their family and if crossed borders, they did not have any home.


4) The partition did not only divide property, assets or liabilities but also the government employees and the railways etc.


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