That composition changed dramatically with the partition of the new states of India and Pakistan in 1947, when 14 million people moved across the newly drawn border. Eight million Muslim refugees fled India and entered Pakistan, and six million Hindus and Sikhs moved in the opposite direction.
随着印度和巴基斯坦分裂为新的国家，人口组成发生了极大的改变——1400万人穿越了新划定的边界。800万穆斯林难民逃离印度，进入巴基斯坦，600万印度教徒和锡克教徒反其道而行之。“种族清洗”完成时，巴基斯坦人口的穆斯林比例已达95%。