How did people forced to abandon their homes during the partition of 1947 suffer?

Statement A) They faced unhelpful local administration and police in their own country.
Statement B) They experienced attacks, killings, and rapes during their journey across the border.
Statement C) Men were abducted, converted to another religion, and forced into marriage.
Statement D) Many men were killed by their own family members to preserve the ‘family honour’.

Choose the correct statements from the given options:

A and B only

The correct answer is Option 1 - A and B only

Statement A) They faced unhelpful local administration and police in their own country.
Statement B) They experienced attacks, killings, and rapes during their journey across the border.

Incorrect statements with correction:

Statement C) WOMEN, not Men were abducted, converted to another religion, and forced into marriage.

Statement D) Many WOMEN, not men were killed by their own family members to preserve the ‘family honour’.

Forced to abandon their homes and move across borders, people went through immense sufferings. Minorities on both sides of the border fled their home and often secured temporary shelter in ‘refugee camps’. They often found unhelpful local administration and police in what was till recently their own country (STATEMENT A). They travelled to the other side of the new border by all sorts of means, often by foot. Even during this journey they were often attacked, killed or raped (STATEMENT B).

Thousands of women were abducted on both sides of the border. They were made to convert to the religion of the abductor and were forced into marriage (Correct version of statement C). In many cases women were killed by their own family members to preserve the ‘family honour’ (Correct version of statement D). Many children were separated from their parents. Those who did manage to cross the border found that they had no home. For lakhs of these ‘refugees’ the country’s freedom meant life in ‘refugee camps’, for months and sometimes for years.