‘Beautiful’: Woman reunites her grandfather with his childhood Pakistani friend in US

A viral video shows the granddaughter arranging the reunion of the friends who were separated by Partition.

Indian reunites with his childhood Pakistani friend

Partition forced countless people both in India and Pakistan to leave behind their homes and belongings. A video of the reunion of two childhood friends who got separated then is now a hit on social media.

The viral video, shared by Brown History on Instagram, shows a woman arranging for her grandfather a meeting with his Pakistani friend. The text on the video reads, “Taking my 90 year old Indian grandfather to reunite his Pakistani childhood friend.”

The meeting took place in the US in October 2023, according to the post.

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The woman wrote that both friends grew up in Gujarat’s Deesa, which is a few hours from the Pakistan border. “In October 1947, his childhood friend fled by boat with his family in the middle of the night to newly formed Pakistan. My grandfather was studying in Bombay, and when he returned, he found out he was gone. My grandfather was devastated,” the post read.

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“In 1982, when my grandfather’s friend, who had moved to Connecticut, heard my grandfather was coming to New York, he wanted to pick him up from JFK airport, that’s how excited he was. This was their first reunion after 35 years. They spent that week together, catching up on life and reconnecting after years of silence,” the granddaughter added.

The woman further wrote that her grandfather was hoping to reunite again with his friend on his 90th birthday in New Jersey.

Watch the video here: