Partition of India million became homeless. However, many argue that the British were forced to expedite the Partition by events on the ground. Once in office, Mountbatten quickly became aware that if Britain were to avoid involvement in a civil war, which seemed increasingly likely, there was no alternative to partition and a hasty exit from India. Law and order had broken down many times before Partition, with much bloodshed on both sides. A massive civil war was looming by the time Mountbatten became Viceroy. After the Second World War, Britain had limited resources, perhaps insufficient to the task of keeping order. Another
Artistic depictions of the partition of India period of time. Written by Rohinton Mistry, the story is set in 1975. However, the Partition plays a dominant role in the narrative. "A Fine Balance".(2001). Random House Bapsi Sidhwa's 1988 novel, written in the backdrop of the riots in Lahore, re-released in 1991 as "Cracking India". Later the story was made into a film, called "Earth" by Deepa Mehta. "Ice-Candy Man" (1989) , later published as "Cracking India" (1991). Jhumpa Lahiri was awarded the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "Interpreter of Maladies", a collection of short stories some of which involved the aftermath of the partition. Interpreter of