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Question
How were the people of Punjab and Bengal affected by the communal riots?
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Solution
The people were badly affected by communal riots. Thousands of innocent people both in Punjab and Bengal started moving from one dominion to the other. Lakhs of people thus became refugees both in India and Pakistan. Fear and hatred gripped both the nations.
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