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@article{196675,
        author = {Sonu Bhati and Professor Kishor Kumar and Kuldeep Panwar},
        title = {The Socio-Economic Impact of The Partition of India on Women: A Study with Special Reference to Delhi–NCR},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {4586-4587},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=196675},
        abstract = {This paper examines the gendered social and economic consequences of the Partition of India in 1947, with particular reference to Delhi–NCR. It argues that Partition was not merely a political division but a humanitarian crisis in which women experienced abduction, sexual violence, forced marriage, displacement, widowhood, social stigma, and loss of property and livelihood. Many refugee women were compelled to enter insecure and low-paid employment while rebuilding their families and communities. Drawing on secondary sources, autobiographical accounts, literary works, and feminist historiography, the study highlights women both as victims of violence and as active participants in post-Partition rehabilitation. It concludes that the effects of Partition continued to shape women’s identities, economic roles, and collective memory long after 1947.},
        keywords = {Partition of India, Women, Delhi–NCR, Gender-Based Violence, Displacement, Refugees, Socio-Economic Impact, Rehabilitation, Gender Inequality.},
        month = {April},
        }