Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday paid tribute to people who lost their lives during partition, and said that the partition of the country on the basis of religion is a "dark chapter" in history.
1947, the year India and Pakistan were partitioned on communal lines witnessed the most ill-fated train journeys in the world. All of them were catastrophic and heartbreaking - men were killed and women were segregated.
The Uttar Pradesh Government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will mark August 14 as “Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas” (Partition Horrors Remembrance Day) and pay tributes to those who lost their lives in the tragedy and suffered in various ways, said an official statement from UP g
Even after 75 years of independence, the wound of partition is still open and it still hurts the Sikh men as well as women, who lost their families and homes in Sheikhupura district in Pakistan, reported Khalsa Vox.
The legendary athlete whose life journey was captured in the film, "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" shares his poignant tale of growing up in Gobindpura, Kot Addu, amidst the turbulent times leading up to the India-Pakistan partition.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with the party MPs at his residence in Hyderabad in the background of the parliamentary sessions to be held from the 20th of this month.
"When the country got independence, the line of partition was drawn on the chest of Punjab. At the time of partition, Congress leaders were in such a hurry to gain power that they let go of Shri Kartarpur Sahib. Our Prime Minister has constructed the Kartarput Sahib Corridor," he said.