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Delhi Metro sets up partition exhibitions at two stations
Delhi Metro has set up exhibitions at Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate stations until August 21 to mark Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, observed annually on August 14. DMRC principal executive director Anuj…
The Story in Brief
Delhi Metro has set up exhibitions at Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate stations until August 21 to mark Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, observed annually on August 14. DMRC principal executive director Anuj Dayal said the display portrays the agony and suffering of millions of partition victims. Separately, Delhi BJP held seminars across all 14 organisational districts on the same day, with party city chief Harsh Malhotra addressing a gathering at Kashmere Gate. Malhotra, whose grandfather left a shop in Lahore, said partition was about division of relationships and culture, not just land. MP Praveen Khandelwal told attendees that building a 'Shreshtha Bharat' would honour those scarred by 1947.
The Indian Opinion
The Partition Horrors Remembrance Day observances by DMRC and Delhi BJP are being framed by some as a modern political exercise rather than genuine historical reckoning. Yet the exhibitions at Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate, open till August 21, provide factual material about 1947's human cost that cuts across parties. The real test will be whether visitors engage with the exhibits beyond token photo-ops, and whether the government releases declassified documents that could deepen public understanding of the event.
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