Radcliffe Award The Radcliffe Award was published on 17 August 1947, two days after the Independence after much speculation. It drew a dividing line between the two parts of Bengal. (From ''a study the process and consequence of the Bengal Partition and the making of the new Bengal border.) Partition Studies Saturday, August 16, 2008 http://bengalpartitionstudies.blogspot.com/2008/08/published-in-utkal-historical-research.html --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar