Editing Radcliffe Line (section)

{{Short description|Boundary of the Partition of India}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox border
| name                 = Radcliffe Line
| image                = Partition of India 1947 en.svg
| caption              = The Radcliffe Line was drawn between the dark green and dark brown portions of the provinces of [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]] and [[Bengal Province, British India|Bengal]]
| territory1           = [[India]],
| territory2           = [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]]
| length               = 
| enclaves             = 
| established          = 17 August 1947
| establishedreason    = [[Partition of India]]
| current              = 
| currentreason        = 
| disestablished       = 
| disestablishedreason = 
| treaties             = 
| notes                = Named after [[Cyril Radcliffe]], who demarcated the boundary line.
}}
The '''Radcliffe Line''' was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]] and [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]] during the [[Partition of India]]. It is named after [[Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe|Cyril Radcliffe]], who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions, had the ultimate responsibility to equitably divide {{convert|175000|sqmi|km2}} of territory with 88 million people.<ref name="Read, p. 482">{{harvnb|Read & Fisher, The Proudest Day|1998|p=482}}</ref>

The term "Radcliffe Line" is also sometimes used for the entire boundary between India and Pakistan. However, outside of Punjab and Bengal, the boundary is made of existing provincial boundaries and had nothing to do with the Radcliffe commissions.

The demarcation line was published on 17 August 1947, two days after the independence of Pakistan and India. Today, the Punjab part  of the line is part of the [[India–Pakistan border]] while the Bengal part of the line serves as the [[Bangladesh–India border]].