Gandhi’s non-violent philosophy, the partition resulted in about 15 million people divided along religious identity lines crossing over to the other side. Then came August 15, 1947, when Punjab was broken in two, with western Punjab becoming part of the new country of Pakistan and east Punjab remaining in India. ![]() Our family name of “Butalia” thus became common. “Batali” in Punjabi means 42, hence the village that lay on my family’s holdings were referred to as Butala, now a small village situated about 15 miles west of present-day Gujranwala, Pakistan. ![]() (RNS) - In the early 1800s, my ancestors were one of the largest landholders in Punjab, having accumulated 42 feudal land grants called jagirs. Columns of non-Muslim refugees from West Punjab, Pakistan, moving toward India in September 1947.
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