Centre for Independence and Partition Studies

It gives me immense pleasure to observe establishment of the Centre for Independence and Partition Studies by the University of Delhi under Ordinance-XX of the Ordinances of the University. This noble initiative is an endeavour to enlighten the youth whose aspirations for future must be rooted in a comprehensive and authentic understanding of our past.

The Centre, with its multidisciplinary approach, is expected to focus on various aspects of our struggle for independence, the partition, its underlying causes and its far-reaching impact. In due course of time, the Centre has the potential to emerge as a specialized research and resource Centre to facilitate such studies through field research, deliberations on available archival resources and collection of oral histories among other such initiatives.

I extend my best wishes for a glorious future of this Centre with the hope that it will prove to be a vibrant Centre for quality research and dissemination of truthful knowledge in the respective knowledge domains.

Prof. Yogesh Singh
Vice-Chancellor