“Image indicating that hardships faced by the poor in India has not changed from 1947 to 2020.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The image shown as the situation in 1947, was captured during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The photo was shot by a famous Indian photojournalist – Raghu Rai, but, it is not related to India. The other image represents the hardships faced by the migrants during the lockdown in 2020.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 June 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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