The Railways played a key role in the freedom struggle by being the common mode of transport and a ray of hope for millions during the Partition, said Narendra A. Patil, divisional railway manager (DRM), Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway, on Monday (August 14).
He was speaking at the inauguration of a gallery displaying the pictures of the Partition at the east main entrance of Vijayawada railway station. August 14 was declared as the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2021.
The exhibition, inaugurated by Indian flag designer Pingali Venkayya’s granddaughter-in-law Pingali Suseela and freedom fighter Alluri Seetharama Raju’s grandson Srirama Raju, has been set up to remind the country of the largest displacement of human population in the 20th century, Mr. Narendra said.
