Chandigarh: To bring to light and remember the pain and agony of millions of people who suffered during the India-Pakistan partition on the ‘Partition Horror Remembrance Day’, the Indian Council of Historical Research and Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts commenced a four-day exhibition in Chandigarh to showcase the sufferings of partition.
The Partition Horror Remembrance Day is observed on August 14. India is presently celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to observe the 75th year of Independence this year.
As part of this, an exhibition has been set up at retail outlets M/s Rockrose Auto, Sector 20, Chandigarh by PD Singh, prominent senior citizen and ex-servicemen, in the presence of State Level Coordinator, Oil Industry, UT Chandigarh, Subodh Choudhry.
The exhibition will continue to display the horrors of partition till August 14, and is open to the public. This exhibition, amongst other platforms, is also being displayed at 188 outlets of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) across the country.
PD Singh, while speaking on the occasion, remembered the horrors of partition and complemented HPCL and MOP & NG for showcasing the horrors of partition.
“The partition of India in its most basic form is a story of unprecedented human displacement and forced migration. It is a story in which millions sought new homes in environments that were alien and resistive.
More than being a story of a violent divide based on faith and religion it is also a story of how a way of life and ages of co-existence came to a sudden and dramatic end”, he said.
Darshan Singh, Ex-MLA at Ludhiana; Harichand Singh, senior citizen and son of Freedom Fighter Balwinder Singh at Fatehgarh Sahib; and Mandeep Singh, prominent senior citizen at Ropar, also attended the inaugural function.