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DEPICTION OF PARTITION IN INDIA THROUGH KHUSHWANT SINGH’S“TRAIN TO PAKISTAN” AND CHAMAN NAHAL’S “AZADI”

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Mr. Yashwant Bisen Research Scholar, Dr. Jailaxmi R Vinayak
» doi: 10.53555/ecb/2022.11.9.126

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To preserve the existence of human culture, creation of literature is essential. In literature, a good novel makes us well acquainted with the talent and imagination of the story writer and that is why it is very important for the characters in the novel to be alive. The story of the partition of India expresses human experiences description and exploration of events is an article of literature referring to the divide from each side of the borders. Many novels and stories are included in this series. Khushwant Singh, born on 2 February 1915, was a well known Indian novelist, writer, politician, historian, and journalist. He had achieved considerable fame as a journalist. Khsuhant Singh was honored with both Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan award. His novel “Train to Pakistan” became very famous. “Train to Pakistan” is a historical novel published in 1956. This novel focuses on the tragedy of the partition of India in 1947. This novel is about the bloody conflict between the Hindu, Sikh and Muslim. Population in which a successful attempt was hatched to destroy the people by packing then in trains and trucks. Chaman Nahal, born on 2 August 1927 in Sialkot, was a well-known novelist, literature, writer, lecturer and professor of English literature. In 1962, he worked as reader of English at Rajasthan University, Jaipur, Nahal’s novel “Azadi” based on the independence and partition of India is much discussed. Chaman Nahal was awarded both the federation of Indian Publishers Award and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977 for the novel “Azadi”. The begging of Independence, The horrors of Partition, Migration, atrocities, etc. a series of incidents happening one after the other and its tragedy have been depicted in the novel Azadi

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