Look I get it, during their occupation Britain did many illegal and horrifying things, but partition was not even on anyone's agenda until 1942 and it was Indian internal politics that forced it onto the agenda.
RELIGION caused the problem not the British who after religion reared its ugly head and caused a problem after 800 of peaceful co existence meant that no Indian politician would accept a solution that did not include partition.
I get it British occupation = bad, peaceful Indians oppressed, however reality wasn't like this.
That Sikh man was a perfect example of everything that is wrong with religion, he sat there really proud of his story, really proud that his father/grandfather had a big sword to defend the honour of his girls.
I notice there was nothing more from him after Anita had showed her horror at the story, I bet he had told his story many times to young men who then thought, honour killings, hell yes I would do this for my sister/ mother/cousin.
No doubt the horrors of partition have something to do with the fact that there are so many powerful women politicians in both India and Pakistan, if I had lived through that, no way was I going to ever again be in a position where some man thought I had to sit quietly hand have my head chopped off or jump into a well " of my own free will".
Stop blaming the British for everything and put the blame fairly and squarely where it belonged the whole religious system that allowed anyone to think 50% of the population belongs to the other 50%.
Read up on the subject, a great novel to expound on the populations general confusion and unwillingness to comply with the violence of what went on is Salman Rushdie' s Midnight's Children.