Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to those who lost their lives during India's partition. On the occasion of Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, PM Modi also remembered the immense sufferings of people during the country’s partition period and said it is an occasion to reverently remember those Indians whose lives were sacrificed in the partition of the country. He further said in a Tweet in Hindi, “Along with this, this day also reminds us of the suffering and struggle of those who were forced to bear the brunt of displacement.”
He also said he salutes all such people who suffered due to partition and subsequent brunt of displacement across the border. PM Modi was talking in the context of the large-scale communal violence that erupted at that time.
In 2021, Modi had announced that August 14 will be observed as the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day. He had earlier said that 'partition's pains can never be forgotten'.
While announcing to observe August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, PM Modi had said millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence.
Meanwhile, PM Modi on Sunday morning urged the people to extend support to the Har Ghar Tiranga movement. Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter) he encouraged people to change the profile picture of their social media accounts to the tricolour in the spirit of the campaign. PM Modi also changed the display picture of his social media accounts to the national flag.
"In the spirit of the Har Ghar Tiranga movement, let us change the DP of our social media accounts and extend support to this unique effort which will deepen the bond between our beloved country and us,' he said.
India liberated itself from British rule on this day in 1947, scripting the freedom with the blood of tens of thousands who sacrificed their lives. Even as India achieved independence in 1947, the event marked the country's separation and division into two major dominions - India and Pakistan.
The Dominion of India is today the Republic of India (since 1950); while the Dominion of Pakistan was composed of what is known today as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (since 1956) and the People's Republic of Bangladesh (since 1971).