were became refugees, lived in relief camps, and travelled on trains to find shelters. Mahatma Gandhi moved amongst the riot hit people, in camps and hospitals. He was trying to spread the message of peace and brotherhood. This was not the freedom and Swaraj he had worked so hard to achieve. The Father of the Nation fasted and did not celebrate on the first Independence Day. At the initiative of Gandhi and Nehru, Congress now passed a resolution on “the rights of minorities”. Congress party had never accepted the “two-nation theory”. It was forced to accept Partition against its will. It still believed that “India is a land of many religions and many races, and must remain so”. Whatever be the situation in Pakistan, India would be “a democratic secular State” where all citizens