The 1947 Partition Archive

The 1947 Partition Archive is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit oral history organization based in Berkeley, California that collects, preserves and shares firsthand accounts of the Partition of India in 1947. The organization started in 2011 when Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla began recording video interviews with elder Partition witnesses throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The creation of the 1947 Partition Archive was inspired by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and the work of various Holocaust memorials.

The 1947 Partition Archive

The 1947 Partition Archive is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit oral history organization based in Berkeley, California that collects, preserves and shares firsthand accounts of the Partition of India in 1947. The organization started in 2011 when Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla began recording video interviews with elder Partition witnesses throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The creation of the 1947 Partition Archive was inspired by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and the work of various Holocaust memorials.