The 1947 Boundary Commission awarded significant Muslim-majority areas of Punjab, particularly Gurdaspur district (three of its four tehsils: Pathankot, Gurdaspur, and Batala) and the tehsils of Ferozepur and Zira, to India, causing immense controversy as these were considered Muslim majority areas and crucial for a land link to Kashmir, which Pakistan felt was unjustly taken through the Radcliffe Award's "other factors".
Which Muslims majority area of Punjab was awarded to India by the 1947 Boundary Commission?
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