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|holiday_name = Partition Horrors Remembrance Day | |holiday_name = Partition Horrors Remembrance Day | ||
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|image = Partition of Punjab, India 1947.jpg | |image = [[Partition of Punjab]], India 1947.jpg | ||
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|caption = Overcrowded train transferring refugees during the partition of India, 1947. | |caption = Overcrowded train transferring refugees during the partition of India, 1947. | ||
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'''Partition Horrors Remembrance Day''' is a memorial day on 14 August that commemorates the victims of the [[Partition of India]] in 1947. 14 August was chosen to commemorate the date by the Indian government in 2021 ahead of the 75th Independence Day.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/i-day-75-august-14-will-be-observed-as-partition-horrors-remembrance-day-pm-modi-7453278/ |title=August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: PM Modi |date=2021-08-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-says-august-14-will-be-observed-as-partition-horrors-remembrance-day-2510186 |title=PM Says August 14 Will Be Observed As "Partition Horrors Remembrance Day"}}</ref> | '''Partition Horrors Remembrance Day''' is a memorial day on 14 August that commemorates the victims of the [[Partition of India]] in 1947. 14 August was chosen to commemorate the date by the [[Indian government]] in 2021 ahead of the 75th [[Independence Day]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/i-day-75-august-14-will-be-observed-as-partition-horrors-remembrance-day-pm-modi-7453278/ |title=August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: PM Modi |date=2021-08-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-says-august-14-will-be-observed-as-partition-horrors-remembrance-day-2510186 |title=PM Says August 14 Will Be Observed As "Partition Horrors Remembrance Day"}}</ref> | ||
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