Dehradun, Aug. 14 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday participated virtually in the program organised in Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar, on the occasion of Partition Horror Remembrance Day.

On this occasion, Chief Minister Dhami laid the foundation stone of Partition Smriti Sthal. Paying tribute to those who suffered the pain of the partition of the country, the Chief Minister said that we can never forget the day of 14 August 1947, when India was divided into two parts under the guise of religion.

He added that while the whole country was preparing to celebrate independence on 15 August 1947, just a day before that, the country was divided into two parts.

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