How a British barrister divided 390 million people in five weeks | BORDERS BRITAIN DREW Part 1 of 4

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April 22, 2025: gunmen kill 26 tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir. Two weeks later, two nuclear-armed states fire missiles at each other for the first time in fifty-four years. Britain handed this war off seventy-nine years ago — in five weeks, by a barrister who had never been to India. This is Part 1 of BORDERS BRITAIN DREW — a four-part series on the four British colonial documents still cutting in 2026. Follow for Part 2: how a 67-word letter created Israel and a war that hasn't ended. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and sources are historically verified. #shorts #history #BritishEmpire #Partition #Kashmir #1947 #IndiaPakistan #Radcliffe #Mountbatten #BordersBritainDrew