There was a high likelihood of violence in the Punjab due to partition. This was particularly true of areas that were made up of mixed-faith populations such as Montgomery District in present-day Pakistan.
Major-General Thomas Wynford Rees (left), Mandalay, Burma, 19 March 1945
Source: No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Taylor E A (Capt), Watson R (Sgt), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The Partition Council sought to counter communal violence and maintain the peace with the setting up of a Special Military Command under Major-General Rees.