AdvertisementGiving Voice To Memories From 1947 Partition And The Birth Of India And PakistanAugust 13, 2017Hannah BlochfacebookEmailMuslim refugees crowd onto a train as they try to flee India near New Delhi in September 1947. Some 15 million people crossed new borders during the violent partition of British-ruled India. At times, mobs targeted and killed passengers traveling in either direction; the trains carrying their corpses became known as "ghost trains." (AP)