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Toba Tek Singh: Saadat Hasan Manto

By Economic Times - 7 months ago
Following the partition of India and Pakistan, the governments of both countries decided to exchange inmates of lunatic asylums similar to prisoners. Muslim lunatics in India would be transferred to Pakistan, while Hindu and Sikh lunatics in Pakistani asylums would be sent to India. However, Muslim lunatics whose families remained in India would not be disturbed. In Pakistan, where the majority of Hindus and Sikhs had already migrated to India, there was no need to consider keeping non-Muslim lunatics

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