In 1947, when Britain finally concluded its colonial rule in India, a 15-year-old girl from Rawalpindi (now Pakistan) was in India with her family. As Reena Verma Chibber enjoyed her summer holidays, communal violence broke out across the country and a united India was partitioned into two: India and Pakistan. Reena’s city, Rawalpindi, was now meant for Muslims. Being a Hindu, Reena’s family never went back home, resettling in India. “Reena settled in India along with her family but she had always desired to visit her ancestral house before she died” In 1947 during Partition, united India witn…

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