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NCERT's 'Partition horrors' module identifies three culprits: Jinnah, Congress, Mountbatten

August 15, 2025

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Hindustan Times

Who is responsible for Partition? And who are the culprits of the humanitarian tragedy that killed at least 600,000 people and displaced 15 million?

- Sanjay Maurya

NCERT's 'Partition horrors' module identifies three culprits: Jinnah, Congress, Mountbatten

A new special module created by the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) on "Partition Horrors Remembrance Day" (August 14) holds three people responsible:

"Jinnah, who demanded it; second, the Congress, which accepted it; and third, Mountbatten, who implemented it".

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