New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- 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?

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".

This quote is part of a section in the module, titled Culprits of the Partition. The section also features a quote by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, from a speech in July 1947: "We have come to a stage when we must either accept division or face continued conflict and chaos....