Partition Horrors Remembrance Day 2024 - August 14
August 17 , 2024 17 hrs 0 min 19 0
It aims to pay tribute to those who lost their lives and were displaced during the country's partition in 1947.
At a press conference on 3 June 1947, Lord Mountbatten announced the date of independence – 14 August 1947.
On 18 July 1947, the British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act that finalized the arrangements for partition and abandoned British suzerainty over the princely states.
During the migration riots erupted between Sikhs - Muslims – Hindus.
Total migration across Punjab during the partition was estimated at 12 million people.
Total migration across Bengal during the partition was estimated at 3.3 million.
According to the 1951 Census of India, 2% of India's population were refugees (1.3% from West Pakistan and 0.7% from East Pakistan).
Around 1.3 million Muslims who left western India but did not reach Pakistan.
The corresponding number of missing Hindus/Sikhs along the western border is estimated to be approximately 0.8 million.