Home›Sources›Prashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, "The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India" (2008)SourcesPrashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, "The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India" (2008)Economic and Political WeeklyCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Prashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, "The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India" (2008)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bharadwaj-khwaja-mian-the-big-march-migratory-flows-after-the-partition-of-india.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Prashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, "The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India" (2008). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bharadwaj-khwaja-mian-the-big-march-migratory-flows-after-the-partition-of-indiaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-prashant-bharadwaj-asim-ijaz-khwaja-and, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Prashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, "The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India" (2008)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bharadwaj-khwaja-mian-the-big-march-migratory-flows-after-the-partition-of-india}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA peer-reviewed demographic study comparing district-level British and post-independence census data by religion to derive rigorous, census-based estimates of partition-era migration flows and of the "missing" population implied by the gap between expected and observed post-partition religious populations, used to bound estimates of Partition's death toll.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (9 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A peer-reviewed article by three economists (UC San Diego, Harvard Kennedy School, Princeton) in a leading Indian social science journal, using district-level census counts rather than contemporary press or partisan estimate, the most methodologically rigorous quantitative treatment of Partition's demographic toll this atlas has found, and the source this atlas's death-toll and displacement figures are drawn from.CitationAuthorWell-attestedPrashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif MianPublisherWell-attestedEconomic and Political Weekly, vol. 43, no. 35Publication YearWell-attested2008Source TypeWell-attestedDemographic studySourcesPrashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, "The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India" (2008)tier 1Prashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 43, no. 35, 2008Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Wars & Conflicts, 4 claims: 3 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Well-attested5SourcesPrashant Bharadwaj, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian, "The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India" (2008)Scholarly debate3Wars & ConflictsPartition of IndiaGeneral References1Wars & ConflictsPartition of IndiaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year