Misreading history: Partition did not validate the two-nation theory | The Indian Express

Misreading history: Partition did not validate the two-nation theory | The Indian Express

Misreading history: Partition did not validate the two-nation theory

FEBRUARY 13, 2020 10:44:33 AM

Rajmohan Gandhi writes: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blamed Partition on Nehru. Assigning sole or main responsibility for that painful event to Nehru lacks any historical basis. It should be recognised, moreover, that if Partition had not occurred, all the residents of today’s Pakistan and Bangladesh would have been free to move to any corner of today’s India.