The Punjab Partition Forum

- Ramanjit Singh Imagining a United Punjab in the present time is not only a mirage but it implies that we have not understood the deep...

- Ramanjit Singh Reading through the eye witness accounts of the partition holocaust, one keeps encountering a common narrative from the refugees that they never thought that the partition was going to be permanent. In fact the word "partition" was not in the lexicon of words used at the time. People in the villages had very little understanding of what the division of British India really meant to them on a personal basis. Punjabis never imagined that the division of British

- Ramanjit Singh Growing up in India during the 70s and 80s, I was always fascinated with history. I remember visiting places like...

- Ramanjit Singh A sense of panic and hysteria enveloped Punjab in the summer of 1947. The triggers were most likely rumors that a...

- Ramanjit Singh Hoshiarpur District had a heavy Muslim presence and some of the villages here have Muslim names such as Talwandi Araian,...

- Ramanjit Singh In almost all of the personal stories I have heard from my family and also watching the videos of Punjabis describing...

- Ramanjit Singh Couple of years ago we were at the Wagha border and saw the closing ceremony. It was a sombre event to see two people...

Update: Spring 2026 We are doing research on the Punjab Partition and as part of this process we are cataloging the relevant content and providing context to the stories and anecdotes told by people who witnessed this tragedy. As Punjabis born after India's independence we all have heard heart wrenching stories about those fateful days of 1947 and as part of our own struggle to comprehend those events we are collecting a montage of videos and online articles that describe th