RarrabaIndiya , kamar yadda aka tsara a cikin Dokar 'Yancin Indiya ta 1947, ta nuna ƙarshen mulkin Burtaniya a Kudancin Asiya kuma ya haifar da ƙirƙirar yankuna biyu masu cin gashin kansu, Indiya da Pakistan , a ranar 14 da 15 ga Agusta, 1947, bi da bi.Wannan rabe-raben ya shafi raba yankunan Bengal da Punjab na Birtaniyya bisa tsarin addini, inda mafi yawan musulmi suka zama wani bangare na Pakistan da wadanda ba musulmi ba suka shiga Indiya.Tare da yanki na yanki, an raba kadarori kamar Sojojin Indiya na Burtaniya, Navy, Sojojin Sama, ma'aikatan gwamnati, layin dogo, da baitul mali.Wannan lamarin ya haifar da ƙaura mai yawa da gaggawa, tare da ƙiyasin cewa mutane miliyan 14 zuwa 18 sun ƙaura, kuma kusan miliyan ɗaya sun mutu sakamakon tashin hankali da tashin hankali.'Yan gudun hijira, musamman mabiya addinin Hindu da Sikh daga yankuna kamar West Punjab da Gabashin Bengal, sun yi ƙaura zuwa Indiya, yayin da Musulmai suka ƙaura zuwa Pakistan, suna neman aminci tsakanin mabiya addinai.Bangaren ya haifar da tashin hankalin jama'a da yawa, musamman a Punjab da Bengal, da kuma a garuruwa kamar Calcutta, Delhi, da Lahore.Kimanin mabiya addinin Hindu, Musulmai, da Sikhs miliyan daya ne suka rasa rayukansu a cikin wadannan rikice-rikice.Kokarin rage tashin hankali da tallafawa 'yan gudun hijira shugabannin Indiya da Pakistan ne suka yi.Musamman ma, Mahatma Gandhi ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen inganta zaman lafiya ta hanyar azumi a Calcutta da Delhi.^[4] Gwamnatocin Indiya da Pakistan sun kafa sansanonin agaji tare da tattara sojoji don agajin jin kai.Duk da wannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce, ɓangarorin ya bar baya da ƙiyayya da rashin yarda tsakanin Indiya da Pakistan, wanda ya yi tasiri ga dangantakarsu har yau.