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Partition Horrors Remembrance Day 2024 - August 14
August 17 , 2024
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- 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.
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