In 1947, 12.5 million people were forced to undertake mass migration in British India. As poorly coordinated population exchange, one million people were killed with many stranded in communities as refugees during the Partition. Cycil Radcliffe was responsible for organizing the new border between the sovereign states of Pakistan and India. He almost certainly indirectly led to the cleansing of areas. There was a movement to drive the minority out in order to secure the majority’s territory. The rational to kill those of another cultural group are clear: a) expanding the power of ones group, b) securing ones culture against compromise with another. The depopulation of entire regions with the goal of creating a homogenous community leads to violence and self-destructive for the acting community members.