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She contacts the Pakistan-based friend's grandson who also trawls Google for advice on how to obtain an Indian visa and the advertisement ends with an emotional surprise birthday reunion in India.
Internet users left thousands of comments on social networking sites describing how the advert had brought them to tears and renewed their hopes for improved relations between the two neighbours.
"Google brought nations together in 3 minutes 32 seconds. The politicians of both countries couldn't do this in 66 years," wrote Akshaya Aradhya on Google's official Facebook page.
"Wonderful campaign highlighting all the similarities and shared experiences instead of the differences," added another user under the name Pakistanis for Peace.
The 1947 partition, which saw some of the bloodiest rioting in South Asia, separated hundreds of thousands of families in India and Pakistan.
Cross-border travel in the initial days was difficult as the two South Asian neighbours, now nuclear powers, have fought three wars since they became two separate nations.
Pakistan and India began peace talks in 2004 which saw the easing of cross-border travel rules but frequent militant-led attacks in India have become a stumbling block towards normalisation of bilateral ties.
Sources: Google/AP
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