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Amritsar, April 18, 2022
The World Heritage Day was observed at the Partition Museum in Amritsar this morning. A Children’s Painting Competition was organised by The Arts And Cultural Heritage Trust (TAACHT) which runs the museum, and the Punjab Heritage & Tourism Promotion Board. Punjab’s Minister for Heritage & Tourism, Harjot Singh Bains interacted with the participating students and gave away prizes to the winners.
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Speaking on the occasion, Bains told the students to spend more time in museums and at historical sites and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the importance to preserve the heritage. “If the Partition Museum was around when I was a student, I would have learnt so much more so much faster. Now that you have it available to you, please spend more time here and benefit from it.”
The minister spent more than an hour at the museum and showed keen interest in the memorabilia and objects in each of its 14 galleries. He also wrote an emotional note in the visitors book: “Partition Museum is an excellent effort to take us through the history, especially through the saga which our forefathers went through. Wish we were united, but fate had something else in store. The museum also gives us an idea of pain and sorrows & sufferings which people had to face during the biggest migration in history. I wish no one ever again is forced to lose his/her motherland.”
Speaking to the media at the event, Bains also said that greater efforts would be made to take care of the heritage sites in the state. “The heritage department will supplement the efforts to keep these sites welcoming and clean.”
The World Heritage Day is celebrated every year on 18th April since 1983 to recognize sites of historical importance and raise awareness about them as well as to restore and preserve them. Every year, a theme is proposed for the day which guides the celebrations and activities. This year, the day is dedicated to ‘heritage and climate’ through open, constructive and intergenerational dialogues.
The Partition Museum (TAACHT) is now setting up a multi-museum cultural hub at the historic 17th century Dara Shukoh Library building in Kashmere Gate in old Delhi. A Partition Museum is a part of this cultural hub and will reflect the impact of the 1947 Partition on Delhi. It is slated to open later this year.
