The people of India discovered that the British Raj would divide the Indian subcontinent into two independent nation states—India and Pakistan on 3rd June, 1947. They heard about it on the radio, from friends and relatives. As a consequence, political and public concern centred on the question of how and where they would be placed (Kharbuli, 2020, p. 1). When in August 1947, the British raj handed over its responsibilities to an independent India and the newly created dominion—Pakistan, the division of British India led to the carving of the regions of Punjab into west and east (remained in India) and Bengal into west (remained in India) and east between these two entities largely on religious lines. For India, the partition of 1947 was not merely an event that came to an end in 1947 but is a continuous reminder through which the nation states seek to negotiate and compromise boundaries and national identity (Kharbuli, 2020).