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=== Members of the commissions === Each boundary commission consisted of five people β a chairman ([[Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe|Radcliffe]]), two members nominated by the [[Indian National Congress]] and two members nominated by the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Minutes of the award meeting : Held on 16 August 1947|url=http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indianindependence/indiapakistan/partition9/|access-date=11 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122074504/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indianindependence/indiapakistan/partition9/|archive-date=22 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The Bengal Boundary Commission consisted of justices C. C. Biswas, [[Bijan Kumar Mukherjea|B. K. Mukherji]], [[Abu Saleh Muhammad Akram|Abu Saleh Mohamed Akram]] and [[S. A. Rahman|S.A.Rahman]].<ref name=Chester>{{cite book |last=Chester |first=Lucy |title=Borders and Conflicts in South Asia: The Radcliffe Boundary Commission and the Partition of Punjab |year=2009 |publisher=Manchester university Press |location=Manchester |isbn=9780719078996 |url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0719078997}}</ref> The members of the Punjab Commission were justices [[Mehr Chand Mahajan]], Teja Singh, Din Mohamed and [[Muhammad Munir]].<ref name=Chester/>
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