Vibhajan Vibhishkika Diwas

· Started from – 14 August, 2021

· Announced by – P.M. Narendra Modi

· Significance – In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of people during the partition.

What was partition ?

· Partition was the Division of British India in two Independent Dominion : INDIA & Pakistan

What are the recorded horrors of india and pakistan partition?

· More than 15 million men, women and children displaced

· About 2 million people killed in the most brutal ways.

· An estimated 1,00,000 women kidnapped and raped.

· Worst of the horrors seen in Punjab and Bengal

· Loss of territory and people to the west and the east

What was the Socio-psychological impact of partition?

· Violence-induced hatred in different communites.

· Painful events marring much of the joy felt in gaining Independence.

· Indelible mark in the public memory and consciousness.

· Jinnah advocated two-nation theory based on religion promoted hatred.

Is it needed ?

· A nation cannot know itself without knowing its past.

· horrors of Partition must be acknowledged, archived, mourned and commemorated.

· “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” - Spanish philosopher George Santayana.

"I felt if we did not accept partition. India would be split into many bits and would be completely ruined. My experience of office for one year convinced me that the way we have been proceeding would lead us to disaster. we would not have one Pakistan. but several we would have had Pakistan cells in Every office."

- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel