West Pakistan

Marginalised groups such as Asha's "sweepers" and the West Pakistan Refugees group of Hindus who settled in Jammu and Kashmir after partition, are among those who will gain full citizenship for the first time.

Lord Louis Mountbatten, the recently appointed last viceroy of British India, had not yet revealed where the new borders, which created East and West Pakistan with India wedged between the two, would be.

West Pakistan, the predominantly Muslim locus of the country’s political power, was wedged between India and Afghanistan.

While most in West Pakistan and East Pakistan shared a common religion — Islam — there were key differences, including language, with Bengali being widely spoken in East Pakistan and Urdu in West Pakistan.

While most in West Pakistan and East Pakistan shared a common religion - Islam - there were key differences, including language, with Bengali being widely spoken in East Pakistan and Urdu in West Pakistan.