British India's joy at independence from colonial rule in 1947 was accompanied by the trauma of being divided into two nations: India and Pakistan. The event sparked religious violence in which up to a million people died. Millions were displaced and forced to rebuild their lives overnight. Sarabjit Singh was four years old when his family moved from Lahore in present-day Pakistan to Jalandhar in India. As India marks 75 years since independence and the partition, Mr Singh, now 79 years old, spo