PARTITION- Tape 14 Writer 255M0DRM Mod Date S’ Time ?55MODkm Feb 03 04:51 TAPF 14 SHANTT SFGHAT. Interviewed by Annradha Awashi at hpr hnmp in Nizamnddin Npw Del bi, 1 Feb 1997 husband - Mari Lal Seghal ; Hindus; she was 20 at time of partition; she lost two sisters and their children and one sister-in-law IN HINDI Side A 6 - born in a vi ll. Samriyal (?) or Sialkot 10 - in 46 in Gujranwala then moved to Sheikhupura; 'when wp were in S'nnra we thought T.arkanasahi b is close by. so Swill not go to Pak; it will go to Tndia. that's why a lot of people came and settled in S'pi.ira; we stayed on in S COS of this false belief' 30 - 'when the attack happened, it started near the station; in a place called Ramgara (?).- then they moved to the mandi; in the mandi there was a lot of fighting and killing; my father had a. soda, water shop; we put all the soda water bottles on the roof, lined them up,, thinking that when thev come,- wp will attack with them bottles; but thet were no use,- cos they came with machine guns; in the street,, the machine nuns were being fired, we were hi di no' 60 - 'we hid in our neinhhonr's house; all the houses were on fire; we didn't know where to go,- then at dawn,- people sd let's run away,. these people are going to kill and loot here; but when we ran from the house,, we came face— to-face with the baluch mi 1 i tarY tnoops,- they took some On baodr saying,, come on. we're Tndia. but my father sd . no they're Pak, don't sit on the trucks’ 53 - 'so we kept walking till we reached a rice go-down ... we went in .,. a lot of people had gathered there inc mu sister and her young children; hexy day,- the mil attacked even the god-wn there was a lot of gunfire,, so much ___ they nut the men on one side and the women on the other; all the b'ful young girls, they kept taking them out; my husband sd- yon crouch down - so T benf down and hid behind the others; T had a 7 yr old dau,_ my son was 1 and a half; when dawn approached. we al 1 decided to go out and tel 1 them, take what you want but don't kill us; they sd alright give ns some money,, and we'll leave you' 76 - [the Baluch troops] 'they broke down a mud wall,- and all the mil came in; then theyseparated the men from the women,, there were up to 250 girls, they were ahi e to take the people under a free,- there was a big [burr] tree,, they made people sit under the tree and they started shooting; they killed and killed,, reloaded their guns, and killed; they killed so many people,, so many people oh my Qod, they killed so many people; our clothe® below our waist were soaked with blood,, blood and sweat; so much blood and so much sweat;