SSC CGL 6 Sep 2016 Paper

The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India. It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as chairman of the Border Commissions, was charged with equitably dividing 450,000 $\mathit{k}{\mathit{m}}^2$ of territory with 88 million people.