Uttar Pradesh govt to commemorate Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on August 14

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government is set to commemorate Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on August 14.

In a letter dated August 10, Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh said, “Like last year, paying homage to those who lost their lives during the partition of India, it has been decided to commemorate ‘Partition Horrors Memorial Day’ on August 14, 2024 in their memory.”

The letter further said that the partition of the country was no less than a tragedy.

“Millions of Indians sacrificed their lives to achieve independence, at such a time the pain of the country being divided into two parts struck millions of families like a wound. At the same time Bengal was also partitioned. In this, the eastern part of Bengal was separated from India and East Pakistan was formed; which became an independent nation in 1971 as Bangladesh,” the Chief Secretary said in a letter.

This geographical partition of India shook the people of the country socially, culturally, economically and mentally, the letter mentioned.

“‘Partition Horrors Memorial Day’ not only remind us to end discrimination, animosity and ill will but also inspire unity, social harmony and human empowerment,” the Chief Secretary added.

As in the past, the state government will organise various events/programs in the entire state on the occasion of “Partition Horrors Memorial Day” on 14th August in all 75 districts of the state including Lucknow.

The letter stated that the members of families displaced during the Partition should be invited and two minutes of silence should be observed in memory of those who sacrificed their lives during the tragedy along with them.

Instruction was issued to District Magistrates and Chief Secretaries across the state.

The letter said that an exhibition related to the Partition should be organized in a large auditorium in which photographs of the then events, newspaper clippings, literature, government records, preserved material of displaced families, etc. should be displayed.

The Chief Secretary further said that the displaced families affected by the Partition should also be requested to come to the exhibition site so that they can share the sufferings their families have faced.

“In all the 75 districts of the state, films/documentaries related to the ‘Partition’ should be screened in schools/colleges/universities and at the exhibition site. Students of various educational institutions should be taken on a tour of these exhibitions and they should be made aware of this historical event,” the letter added.