The Radcliffe ‘error’ that was really a delay: Why parts of Bengal raise tricolour & celebrate ‘inclusion day’ on Aug 18
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Bharat Bhukti DibasNadia ShibnibasJoya ChatterjiNadia KrishnanagarCyril RadcliffeSamit GhoshCentre For LawAsiatic Society Of BangladeshMuslim LeagueResearch Constitution Of IndiaBongaon, West Bengal, IndiaKushtia, Bangladesh (General), BangladeshCambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomMurshidabad, Punjab, PakistanJessore, Khulna, BangladeshRanaghat, West Bengal, IndiaJalpaiguri, West Bengal, IndiaGorkha, Haryana, IndiaPakistanBalurghat, West Bengal, India
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Tue, 18 August 2026
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Popular accounts say Radcliffe erred and the viceroy fixed the map. The record says the boundary wasn't announced until two days after independence.