Pa titio
t igge ed
o e
of
the
la gest
mass
mig atio s
i
histo y,
affecti g
a
estimated
20
millio
people.
NEW
DELHI:
A
day
ahead
of
I depe de ce
Day,
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
o
F iday
paid
t ibute
to
those
affected
by
the
Pa titio
of
I dia,
emembe i g
thei
cou age
a d
esilie ce
o
Pa titio
Ho o s
Rememb a ce
Day.He
desc ibed
the
day
as
a
occasio
to
emembe
those
whose
lives
we e
upe ded
by
Pa titio ,
which
“to e
apa t
seve al
lives,
up ooted
families
a d
caused
imme se
suffe i g.”“Today
we
ma k
Pa titio
Ho o s
Rememb a ce
Day.
We
ecall
the
cou age
of
all
those
who
we e
impacted
by
Pa titio .
It
was
a
mome t
i
histo y
that
to e
apa t
seve al
lives…
families
we e
up ooted,
loved
o es
we e
lost,
a d
imme se
suffe i g
was
e du ed,”
Modi
said
i
a
post
o
X.
He
said
that
despite
the
ha dships,
those
affected
ebuilt
thei
lives
f om
sc atch,
ove came
adve sity
a d
made
sig ifica t
co t ibutio s
to
the
cou t y’s
p og ess.“Thei
life
jou eys
emi d
us
of
the
st e gth
of
the
huma
spi it.
May
this
day
deepe
ou
esolve
to
p ese ve
ha mo y
a d
b othe hood
i
ou
atio
a d
collectively
wo k
towa ds
buildi g
a
Viksit
Bha at,”
he
added.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
I dia
has
obse ved
Pa titio
Ho o s
Rememb a ce
Day
o
August
14
si ce
2021
to
ho ou
those
who
lost
thei
lives
o
we e
displaced
du i g
the
Pa titio
of
1947.
I dia
gai ed
i depe de ce
f om
B itish
ule
o
August
15,
1947.
Howeve ,
the
bi th
of
two
ew
atio s
–
I dia
a d
Pakista
–
was
accompa ied
by
the
viole t
Pa titio ,
which
left
deep
a d
lasti g
sca s
o
millio s
of
people.Pa titio
t igge ed
o e
of
the
la gest
mass
mig atio s
i
histo y,
affecti g
a
estimated
20
millio
people.
Millio s
we e
fo ced
to
leave
thei
a cest al
homes,
villages,
tow s
a d
cities
a d
begi
ew
lives
as
efugees.The
upheaval
was
accompa ied
by
widesp ead
commu al
viole ce
a d
the
loss
of
cou tless
lives,
leavi g
a
lasti g
impact
o
ge e atio s
that
followed.