Amid a row over NCERT's new module on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Director (Research and Administration) of the Indian Council of Historical Research, Dr Om Jee Upadhyay, said that the new generation should know the truth.
"The partition that happened, and the horror it ensued, was completely true. There is a lot of discussion about the way we got independence on the 15th (August), but not about the horror that happened during the partition," BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Saturday defended the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)'s decision to introduce a special module on Partition Horrors Day for students from classes 6 to 12, saying younger generations have the right to
"The Congress party also says that reservations should be based on religion, which Jinnah also said. The Congress party also says that Sharia law should be implemented in the country. The coming generations should know the truth of partition," Bhatia said while addressing a press conferen
NCERT's new special modules on the Partition of India have placed significant responsibility on the Congress leadership for the division of the country, saying they "accepted the plans of Partition" and "underestimated Jinnah" while failing to anticipate the long-term horrors that followe
The High Commission of India in London observed Partition Horrors Remembrance Day with a commemorative event to honour the lives lost and the strength of those who survived during the partition of India in 1947.
He added that while the whole country was preparing to celebrate independence on 15 August 1947, just a day before that, the country was divided into two parts.
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday remembered the horrors of 1947 partition and said that countrymen should never forget the pain inflicted due to it, adding that terrible violence was witnessed in the course of events.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tore into the Congress on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, calling the 1947 Partition a "dark chapter" born out of appeasement politics that shattered Sanatan Bharat's unity and inflicted deep wounds on the nation, a press release said.
The Kerala Higher Education Department has issued a directive prohibiting the observance of the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in colleges across the state.