Editing Radcliffe Line (section)

==== Karimganj ====

The [[Sylhet]] district of [[Assam]] joined Pakistan in accordance with a [[1947 Sylhet referendum|referendum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sylhet (Assam) to join East Pakistan |date=July 1947 |website=Keesing's Record of World Events |page=8722 |url=http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=8722n01ind |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204201804/http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=8722n01ind |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> However, the [[Karimganj]] sub-division (with a Muslim majority) was separated from Sylhet and given to India, where it became a district in 1983. As of the [[2001 census of India|2001 Indian census]], Karimganj district now has a Muslim majority of 52.3%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ |title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |last=ORGI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514045222/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ |archive-date=2007-05-14 }}</ref>