Indian Reunification Association

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{{Distinguish|Opposition to the partition of India}}
{{Infobox organization
| logo =
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Political Organization
| headquarters =
| services = Undoing the [[Partition of India]] through [[Indian reunification]]
| leader_title = [[Patron]]
| leader_name = [[Markandey Katju]]
| leader_title2 = [[Secretary-General]]
| leader_name2 = Irfan Pullani
| leader_title3 = [[Chairman]]
| leader_name3= Indervansh Chadda
| leader_title4 = [[Vice Chairman]]
| leader_name4 = Athar Ilahie
| name = Indian Reunification Association
| founded = April 2, 2017
| founders = [[Markandey Katju]]
| location = [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]]
| fields =
| homepage = {{url|https://indianreunificationassociation.weebly.com/ | Indian Reunification Association Homepage}}
}}

The '''Indian Reunification Association''' ([[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''IRA''')<ref name="Website">{{cite web | url = https://indianreunificationassociation.weebly.com/| title = Indian Reunification Association Website| last = | first = | date = | website = }}</ref> is an organization whose purpose as set out on its website is "to [[Indian reunification|unify]] what is now [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]] with [[India]] under a secular government".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indicanews.com/2018/09/26/india-and-pakistan-are-one-and-must-reunite-under-a-secular-govt/| title = ‘India, Pak must reunite under a secular govt’| last = Katju| first = Markandey| date = 2018| website = www.indicanews.com}}</ref> It was founded on April 2, 2017 by [[Markandey Katju]], a former Justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]], who serves as the patron of the association. <ref>{{cite web | url = https://m.facebook.com/506252812748603/posts/a-huge-function-is-being-organized-in-atlanta-on-2nd-april-2017-from-3-pm-to-6-p/1548662355174305/| title = Katju's Official Statement| last = Katju| first = Markandey| date = 2017| website = Facebook.com}}</ref>

Under the leadership of Markandey Katju (Chair), Athar Ilahie (Vice Chair) and Irfan Pullani (General Secretary), the Indian Reunification Association launched the '''Border Peace Forum''' ('''BPF''') in February 2021 to advance peace, trade and harmony between India and Pakistan.

On February 21, 2021 Markandey Katju transferred the office of Chair to Indervansh Chaddha and Markandey Katju serves as the patron of the Indian Reunification Association.<ref name="IRA Senate">{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=879AmEjdTxE| title = IRA SENATE DECLARATION | last = Pullani| first = Irfan | date = February 22, 2021| website = Youtube}}</ref>

== Background ==

The Indian Reunification Association was founded by Markandey Katju, the former Justice of the Supreme Court of India, on April 2, 2017.<ref name="Website"/> It was founded upon the philosophy that historically, geopolitically and culturally, India with its boundaries before the 1947 partition, has been one united nation entity in which there has always been free flow migration among people. Katju shares that [[South Asia]] or [[Hindustan]] "is broadly a country of immigrants like North America. The ancestors of 92 to 93 percent people living today in our subcontinent were not the original inhabitants here, but came from outside, mainly from the northwest (the original inhabitants being the pre-Dravidian tribals)."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110103720/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/columns/02-Mar-2013/the-truth-about-pakistan| title = The truth about Pakistan| last = Katju| first = Markandey| date = March 2, 2013| website = www.nation.com}}</ref> Due to this historical disposition, diversity was prevalent in the region, therefore, subjugating a particular ideology, specifically the recent religious identity divide, is a counter productive strategy in unity. <ref>{{cite web | url = https://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/2017/03/3-20-17.html| title = We must reunite: Why Pakistan, India and Bangladesh should be one country| last = Tammeus| first = Bill| date = March 20, 2017| website = billtammeus.typepad.com}}</ref> The [[partition of India]] occurred through colonial [[divide and rule]] tactics administered during the [[British Raj]] and divided upon independence to stunt the economic progress of the region to prevent the "Indian industry to emerge as a powerful rival to British industry."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.newslaundry.com/2015/12/08/we-must-reunite-why-pakistan-india-and-bangladesh-should-be-one-country| title = Should India, Pakistan and Bangladesh reunite? 3-20-17| last = Katju| first = Markandey| date = 8 December 2015| website = www.newslaundry.com}}</ref> Therefore, the lack of economic progress is, in part, attributed to the legacy of [[colonialism]] that continues to dictate current borders issues in the [[Kashmir Conflict]].<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.bbc.com/news/10537286| title = Kashmir: Why India and Pakistan fight over it| last =| first =| date = 8 August 2019| website = www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/india-pakistan-reunification-only-solution-to-kashmir-says-katju/article20537507.ece1| title = India-Pakistan reunification only solution to Kashmir, says Katju| last =| first =| date = March 12, 2018 | website = www.thehindubusinessline.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.kjournal.in/the-reunification-of-the-subcontinent-an-overview/| title = The Reunification of the Subcontinent: An overview| last =Ilahie| first =Athar| date = July 13, 2020 | website = www.kjournal.in}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[ Indian Reunification]]
*[[Opposition to the partition of India]]
*[[Composite nationalism]]
*[[Hindu-Muslim unity]]
*[[Religious harmony in India]]
*[[ Korean Unification Flag]]
*Regional chapters
*Tamilnadu
*Office bearers
*President: Dr. Dharmaraja Gunasekharan
*Secratary: Vijay Varadharajan
*Kerala
*President: Ali Ahmed
*

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Political organizations established in 2017]]

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
*[https://indianreunificationassociation.weebly.com/ INReunification Official Website]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/ReunifyingSouthAsia/ INReunification Official Reddit]
*[https://twitter.com/inreunification?lang=en/ INReunification Official Twitter]
*[https://www.facebook.com/INReunification/ INReunification Official Facebook]
*[https://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/self/i-just-discovered-that-there-are-passports-that-say-undivided-india-374266.html#:~:text=The%20passport%20form%20that%20many,as%20the%20country%20of%20birth/ United India Passport]

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