that we see as an emblem of the key of regime many thanks for your time and your thoughts today, gerald horn or thir on history professor at the university of houston ah, 75 years ago to the day 2 centuries of british colonial rule in india came to an end giving rise to 2 independent states. but partition came out a huge cost to both pakistan and india elsewhere. corresponding region sharma, texas through amidst the triumphal skin dells independence. in the summer of 1947, a line of separation was drawn by brutish barstow. it was called the partition august of 1947 ratcliffe to align bordering india and pakistan. that line also divided this way. part of been job during about will edges, families and communities now in those and seeks on one side and the muslims on the other. 75 years own we meet doors whose life was changed forever by hastily drawn borders. this is the north and in state of punjab. the historic homeland of de seeks. we visited cordial village in the good asp or district, barely a few miles from the india pakistan, bordeaux 104 year old mila rom is one of the few living partitions of i was in the village there. we're dealing with ol