Pritika Chowdhry
Partition of India, 1947: An Overview and FAQ
A short overview and FAQ for the Partition of India in 1947, to remember and understand it on the 75th Anniversary of the Partition.
Welcome to my blog!
In this blog, I will be sharing my thoughts on counter-memory discourses and anti-memorials as a form of visual art practice.
I write about the traumatic geopolitical events that I memorialize in my art projects, and what about these events stirred me to make anti-memorials to them.
I also hope to post passages from books that I am currently reading from James E Young, Michele Foucault, Judith Butler, Andreas Huyssen, and other authors whose writings inform my art practice.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Aug 10
- 6 min
75th Anniversary of Partition: A Timeline of Post-Partition Events
This post creates a timeline of events from after the Partition in 1947 till 2022, as we approach the 75th anniversary of the Partition.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jul 6
- 4 min
Partition of India and the dark history of the Radcliffe Line
The Radcliffe Line, which divides India and Pakistan, came into being on Aug 17, 1947, was created by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jun 27
- 9 min
1947 Partition of India - A Timeline of Pre-Partition Events
The timeline of historical events leading up to the Partition of India, along religious lines on August 15, 1947. #75thAnniversary
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jun 14
- 2 min
The Partition of India, the First War of Independence, and the Birth of Pakistan
Partition of India took place on 15 August 1947. Known as the First War of Independence in the South Asian subcontinent it created Pakistan.
Pritika Chowdhry
- May 4
- 3 min
Remembering Survivors on the Anniversary of the Third Anglo-Afghan War
Anti-memorial to the Third Anglo-Afghan War of 1919, by artist Pritika Chowdhry commemorates the women who were raped by the British soldier
Pritika Chowdhry
- Apr 13
- 4 min
Connecting Revolutions on the Anniversaries of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and Ireland’s Partition
Ireland and India were both British colonies, and became allies in their quest for freedom, and were partitioned when the British left.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Broken Column: Online Solo Exhibition at Art Show International gallery
"Broken Column: The Monuments of Forgetting" by artist Pritika Chowdhry in an online solo exhibition at Art Show International gallery.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Independence Day of Bangladesh and the Art of Memory
Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan on March 26th, 1971. Known as Bangladesh Independence Day, it started the Liberation War.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Feb 24
- 7 min
20 years after Godhra Train Burning, the Gujarat Pogrom, and Specters of the Partition
February 27, 2022 is the 20th anniversary of the Godhra train burning case and the communal riots that came to be called the Gujarat Pogrom.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Feb 23
- 6 min
2020 Delhi Riots, Citizenship Amendment Act Protesters, and Echoes of the Partition Violence
The 2020 Delhi riots protesting the Anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act echo the violent communal riots of the Partition of India in 1947.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jan 30
- 5 min
Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and the RSS connection
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948 by Nathuram Godse of RSS. Today is the 74th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jan 28
- 5 min
The Pakistan Declaration: January 28 and the Pakistan National Movement
On January 28th, 1933, Choudhry Rahmat Ali published The Pakistan Declaration, that sparked off the Pakistan National Movement.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jan 25
- 5 min
Purna Swaraj: January 26, India's Republic Day, and the Declaration of the Independence of India
January 26, called Republic Day in India, honors the call for Purna Swaraj in 1930 and adoption of the Constitution of free India in 1950.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jan 15
- 38 min
“Subaltern” Remembrances Mapping Affective Approaches to Partition Memory
Scholarly published review by Dr. Jacque Micieli Voutsinas, of "Remembering the Crooked Line," an anti-memorial by artist, Pritika Chowdhry.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Jan 10
- 4 min
Irish Declaration of Independence: January 21, 1919
Anti-memorial to the Irish Declaration of Independence on January 21, 1919, connects it to Jallianwala Bagh massacre and global 1919 events.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Dec 16, 2021
- 0 min
Remembering Nirbhaya, and a tribute to her mother, Asha Devi
Nirbhaya was the name given to the victim of a brutal gang-rape on December 16, 2012 in Delhi. Her mother, Asha Devi fought and won justice.
Pritika Chowdhry
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Remembering the "Birangona": the Spectral Wound of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971
Anti-memorials for Birangona, brave woman in Bengali, an euphemism for 400000 women raped by Pakistan army in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Pritika Chowdhry
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
What are "Sites of Memory" or "lieux de mémoires"?
A lieux de mémoire, or site of memory, is an important concept in the field of Memory Studies and was coined by the French historian,...
Pritika Chowdhry
- Nov 26, 2021
- 10 min
India's 9/11: Memorializing 26/11 terror attack on the 13th anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks
Memorializing 26/11 dubbed "India's 9/11," situating it as a global node in the 9/11-style attacks in Madrid, Paris, and London, post-9/11.