IGNCA takes out ‘Silent March’ in memory of ‘Partition’ Victims

By India Education Diary Bureau Admin On Aug 15, 2023

New Delhi: On 14th August, 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi solemnly declared that henceforth 14th August will be observed as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’. The partition still remains a compelling account of human hardship and tragedy ever known to humankind. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), to mark the memory, struggles and sacrifices of our people, held a series of events on 14th August.

The events organized by IGNCA on ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day ‘concluded with ‘Silent March’. This ‘silent march’ was taken out from the Central Park of Connaught Place, in which the Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Law and Justice (Independent Charge) and the Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs, Shri Ashwini Choubey, Minister of State Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Harsh Vardhan, former Union Health Minister and Member of Parliament, Shri Manoj Tiwari, MP from North-East Delhi and Shri Hansraj Hans, MP from North-West Delhi were present. Many dignitaries including Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary IGNCA were also present.

Earlier in the morning, IGNCA in association with the Partition Museum organized an event ‘Vibhajan ki Smriti’ at Dara Shikoh Library, Ambedkar University, New Delhi. The chief guest of the event was Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas. Renowned dancer and Rajya Sabha MP ‘Padma Vibhushan’ Dr. Sonal Mansingh was the special guest of the programme. On this occasion, Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA, Mrs. Kishwar Desai, President of Partition Museum and Dr. K. Anil Kumar were also present. In this event, Union Minister Hardeep Puri talked about the displacement of his family at the time of partition and recalled the horrors of partition.