January 13, 1938 is the day my grandmother was born, she was nine years old. At the time he had to get on the train set in this story of his. To really know the story you have to know the background and what was going on. “India was perhaps the most important of the empire's territories for Britain. It was run differently from most other parts of the empire, because it was different from other parts of the empire. One of the reasons why the British were reluctant to leave India was that they feared that a civil war would break out in India between Muslims and Hindus. The country was deeply divided over religious affairs. In 1946-47, as independence approached, tensions escalated into terrible violence between Muslims and Hindus. In 1947 the British withdrew from the area which was divided into two independent countries: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). Around 2 million people fled their homes to areas of Pakistan or India where they would not be a minority, violence continued for some time after the final partition and there were disputes over territory between the two newly created countries." . The tension between the two religions grew more and more. British influence on India was no more, India was now in control of itself, the riots in India between the two religions Hindu and Muslim grew even more to the point where Muslims founded their own country . in 1947 which is now known as Pakistan. Muslims were to leave India on a train called “Chalnikal Bhag”, this train carried thousands of Muslims traveling to Pakistan. This train was organized by the founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah and with the help of an Indian commissioner. This train left “early August……mid-paper……arrived we remained in that same position from when we left the stop until we arrived. They did not kill the driver to convey the message that there will be no more Muslims in India. When the villagers arrived they found my grandmother, her sister and her father. In conclusion, my grandmother Tanveer Fatima was a survivor of that massacre who said after that day, she had traumas for a while, hallucinations and sleepless nights, she also said she learned to appreciate life much more even though she has less, because less is still something compared to nothing. Works Cited Walsh, Ben, ed. “Case Context 3: End of the British Empire in India.” National Archives. Simon Harris, 22 June 2006. Web. 6 December 2013. .Johnson, Paul. Modern times. (New York; HarperCollins Publishers, Inc, 1991) pp. 469-74.