EVENTS
PARTITION HORRORS REMEMBRANCE DAY
‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ or ‘Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas’ is observed on August 14 to remember all those who lost their lives due to partition. This day was announced by the honorable Prime Minister in 2021 to remember all those who lost their lives due to the partition of the nation and were uprooted from their origins. “The partition caused one of the largest migrations in human history, affecting about 20 million people. Millions of families had to abandon their ancestral villages/towns/cities and were forced to start a new as refugees,” a government release said when the day was initially announced. The pain of the partition can never be forgotten and that millions lost their lives due to ‘mindless’ hate and violence. In memory of all those struggles and sacrifices, “August 14 is observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.”
