Analyze the following scenario and determine the reason for migration.
In 1947, the British ended their colonial presence with the partition of India. As a result, some 17 million individuals were displaced.
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Responses
forced environmental migration
forced environmental migration
forced economic migration
forced economic migration
forced political migration
forced political migration
voluntary economic migration
forced political migration
The partition of India in 1947 resulted in a forced political migration as millions of individuals were displaced due to the division of the country into India and Pakistan based on religious lines. The religious tensions and violence that followed the partition led to mass migrations of people from one country to the other, resulting in the displacement of millions.