Name the commission that was responsible for the drawing of boundaries between the new nations of Pakistan and India.

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The Radcliffe Commission

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The correct option is A The Radcliffe Commission
The commission that was responsible for the drawing of boundaries between the new nations of Pakistan and India named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions for the two provinces, received the responsibility to equitably divide 450,000 km2 of territory with 88 million people.

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