India’s Partition
First dawn - India's new hours of independence
Under a monsoon sky on Aug 15, 1947, Indians shared pure joy
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NCERT modules blame Cong for partition, cite leaders underestimated Jinnah
The secondary module also links Partition directly to enduring challenges, including the Kashmir conflict, communal politics, and external pressures on India's foreign policy
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'Tragic chapter': PM Modi observes Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
Giving a message on unity, he urged the public to strengthen the harmony in the country
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PM Modi pays tributes to Indians who lost lives, suffered during partition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to those who lost their lives during India's partition and recalled the sufferings of people in that period on the occasion of the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day. He said it is an occasion to remember the Indians who lost their lives during the partition, a reference to the large-scale communal violence at that time. This day is also a reminder of the tribulation and struggle of those who were forced to migrate, he said, paying tributes to them. Modi had announced in 2021 that August 14 will be observed as the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
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Congress slams BJP for putting ads calling Nehru grandfather of Partition
The Congress on Saturday slammed the BJP for putting up front page advertisements in a few vernacular dailies in Karnataka, calling the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the grandfather of India's Partition. As Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra' (Unite India March) entered the second day in Karnataka, the State unit of the BJP put out an advertisement in some Kannada newspapers which read, Can the great grandson unite what the grandfather of India partition' did? With a map dividing Pakistan and Bangladesh in the middle of Nehru's and Rahul Gandhi's photographs, the advertisement painted in black questions, Can the unity of India possible from a party, which caused the bloodbath of the citizens only to come to power? The BJP alleged that the agenda of Bharat Jodo Yatra' is to disintegrate India. The Congress took strong exception to the accusation, saying the right wing has always been on the wrong side of the history. The BJP gave the advertisement. The right wing ideology
 "Congress slams BJP for putting ads calling Nehru grandfather of Partition")
Hyderabad to commemorate 75 years of liberation with year-long celebrations
The celebrations will start on September 17, 2022, and end on September 17, 2023
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A pracharak's take on Partition
Ram Madhav's book offers some healing, reconciliation and closure on the events leading up to Independence
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Echoes of many partitions
Aanchal Malhotra evocatively recreates the emotional responses of survivors and subsequent generations
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Choosing to remember
Memorialising in order to prevent history from repeating itself sounds like an honourable intention, but the nature of memory is fraught with chaos
Aug 14 to be observed as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day': PM
PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said that in memory of struggles and sacrifices of "our people", August 14 will be observed as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' or 'Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas'.
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Rooh Afza, relished across the heated borders, eyes new palates
The drink brings about $45 million of profit a year in India alone, its manufacturer says, most of it going to a trust that funds schools, universities and clinics
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India's foreign policy carries 'three major burdens' from past: Jaishankar
As India rises in the world order, it should not only visualise its interests with great clarity but also communicate them effectively, he writes in the book
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The Pind Collective, a virtual home for Indian and Pakistani artists
Visual artists, poets, dancers and filmmakers have contributed to themes ranging from the meaning of home to ideas of resistance, and gendered spaces.
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Dislocation and mental health
It underlines the impact of displacement, communal violence, and the trust deficit on individuals across time and borders
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A place called home: Remembering the life and art of the reclusive Zarina
Kishore Singh on the life and art of Zarina, the reclusive artist who died this week in New York aged 83
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Review: Bahawalpur tells the history of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan
An account of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan offers a useful way to understand tensions within Pakistani society in shaping its history
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Letters to BS: India must unite to resist Citizenship (Amendment) Act
If a partition was imposed on the country in 1947, it has now done it on itself
 "Letters to BS: India must unite to resist Citizenship (Amendment) Act")
The magic bonding between Ireland and India
Is it about the anti-British sentiment? Or about the politicians, historians and travellers?
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The tragedy of India's partition, 70 years later
Hindus and Muslims weren't destined to fight, despite their bloody history on the Indian subcontinen
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