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Partition Horrors Remembrance Day-14 August

Painful story of unprecedented

HUMAN DISPLACEMENT

The partition of India is a painful story of unprecedented human displacement and forced
migration. Apart from being the story of a violent partition on religious grounds, it is also the story
of how a way of life and an era of years-old coexistence came to an abrupt and dramatic end.
The convoy of displaced people was 10 to 27 miles long. Many lost their lives due to rain, hunger,
and riots. The number of people killed in this tragedy is said to be 5 lakh, but it is estimated to
be between 5 and 10 lakh. To pay tribute to the millions of Indians who lost their lives during the
migration and suffered the pain of displacement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started celebrating
Partition Horrors Memorial Day in 2021…

6 million non-Muslims 6.5 million Muslims 2 million non-Muslims migrated from 1 million
migrated from the area migrated from the Indian East Bengal, which later became East Muslims migrated
that later became West parts of Punjab, Delhi, Pakistan, to West Bengal. 2 million from West Bengal
Pakistan. etc., to West Pakistan. more migrated to West Bengal in 1950. to East Pakistan.

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day will keep reminding
us that there is a need to eradicate social discrimination and
animosity and strengthen unity, social harmony, and human
sensibilities - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

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