• Rafia Rehman

In 1947, when India gained independence from the British Empire, the Partition of India was the process of dividing the subcontinent along ethnic lines. It resulted in the formation of Pakistan, a Muslim-dominated liberal state, and the Republic of India, a Hindu-dominated southern state. Partition, on the other hand, destroyed mutually India and Pakistan because it averted countless lives from riots, looting, rapes, and murders but it also forced roughly 15 million people to flee their homes. Both nations began their independence with failing economies and areas that lacked a well-established, effective administration. Azadi by Chaman Nahal is a recent classic that hides an all-encompassing revelation of existence, symbolising the havoc that partition wreaked on the country's inhabitants on both a societal and interpersonal level.Through literary viewpoint, it shows the realistic historical evidence of the awful clashes created by the split. Chaman Nahal writes with remarkable depth and reality since he was a migrant himself. As a result, via the figure of Lala Kanshi Ram and his child Arun, he has described his own experience. The story depicts the peaceful atmosphere that existed prior to the proclamation of Partition, the terrible occurrences that occurred as a result of the division, and the dreadful conditions that the deracinated refugees faced following the partition. In this paper, I'd want to look at how Azadi depicts historical pain in its depiction of Partition.

Partition, Refugee, Azadi, Trauma

"The trauma of partition in Azadi by ChamanNahal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.197-203, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902F06.pdf

"The trauma of partition in Azadi by ChamanNahal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp197-203, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902F06.pdf