File talk:Partition of India-bn (1947).svg

Problems with this map

This is a very misleading map.

1. The red line claiming to show the "boundary of British India (1939)" in fact shows, with minor errors, the boundary of the Indian Empire. Geographically British India was much smaller.
2. The solid grey colouring claiming to show "states not included in the partition plan" supposes that there was a "partition plan" for the princely states which had some kind of official status. There was no such plan. The grey colour shows only Hyderabad and Jammu & Kashmir, both of which resisted acceding to either India or Pakistan. It would be more useful for it to show all of the princely states, all of which had to decide whether to accede to India, Pakistan, or neither.
3. Most of the gold stars claiming to show "border conflicts" show tensions with China which have nothing to do with the partition of India, although they followed Indian independence.
4. There were riots, but the "areas of riot" are too big - for instance, it is wrong for the map to show the whole of Bengal as an "area of riot".
5. The solid darker green colour is claimed to show "East/West Pakistan (1947)". In fact, it shows only part of West Pakistan.
6. The solid purple colouring claimed to show "Union of India" does not show the whole of the Union of India at any particular date.
7. The arrows showing movements of refugees give a very simple impression of the truth but are far too "broad brush".

There are other faults. Even the separation between land and sea is inaccurate. Moonraker (talk) 12:01, 7 January 2013 (UTC)