New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was announced August 14 to be observed as “Partition Horrores Remembrance Day”, triggering a debate about the decision.
“Partition pain can never be forgotten.
Millions of sisters and my brothers and sisters are displaced and many lose their lives because of hatred and violence that have no meaning.
In the memory of our struggle and sacrifice of our people, August 14 will be observed as a partition of Horrors Remembrance Day,” Said PM because he explained the reason for the decision in a series of tweets.
Pakistan celebrated his independence day on August 14.
“Hopefully the ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ continue to remind us of the need to remove social division poisons, disharmony and further strengthen the spirit of unity, social harmony and human empowerment,” said.
Compliance occurred immediately, with the ministry of the house issued latent notice immediately after the PM announcement.
“The Indian government states August 14 as the ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ to remind the generation of Indians who are present and the future of the pain and suffering faced by the Indian people during the partition,” said notice.
Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, “I welcome PM Modi to make this sensitive decision.
State partition wounds and sadness losing loved ones cannot be described in words.
I am sure the ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ will strengthen.
Peace, love and unity By eliminating the will of discrimination and hatred of the community.
“Senior journalist and Rajya Sabha MP MJ Akbar, who have studied the event that leads to partitions and afterwards, welcomes the decision.
He said people need to know about his horror.
“I was not born during a bengal partition but did it mean that I should not have knowledge about it? My last book,” Hinduism Gandhi, the struggle against Islam Jinnah “, is about the incident.
Unless we learn from what happened, ignorance, me Afraid, will have a very damaging consequence.
“” For me the story of partitions and refugees is not just the story of the brutal tragedy that happens, but also an extraordinary magical story of how Gandhiji alone saves Bengal from the catastrophe by walking quickly and putting his life on the line.
” she says.
Retired Professor Sociology in JNU, Anand Kumar, did not agree and said, “This is a matter of worrying that the top leader is looking back.
Previously, it was citizenship and article 370 …
Partitions were a problem with the British alliance who was insuffished and the leaders Politics, including the Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, and, to some extent, the Indian National Congress.
The new generation will not be impressed with the interpretation of communal forces in the face of global challenges and other multiculturalism.
“Professor in JNU, Bikramaditya Kumar Choudhary, said,” our understanding is on the basis of reading of narratives and text and talking to people.
It’s not the one-day incident you want to remember, it is also the peak of hatred.
Politics.
” He said the partition occurred in 1947 because there was an maintenance of hatred for more than two decades.
“It always makes us disasters.
And one disaster faced by India is a political hatred, created by the colonial empire, because it is suitable for them,” he added.