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DR SHAHABUDDIN KHAN, 65

"I was five at the time of partition.

I remember our house was close to the railway station and we could hear people crying and sometimes shouting for help.

The police officer in the area was very friendly to my uncle. One morning he came to our house and said, "Look we are trying our best to protect you, but we have heard there may be an attack on this lane. We think you should shift to a safe house."

My uncle discussed it with my parents. My mother refused to move out. "Whether we live or die, it will be here, in our home," she said.

She said we would not move to the refugee camp because there were rumours that women were being raped and molested there.

Eventually, we moved to our ancestral place Rampur.

I went to a new school there, I made new friends. Children adapt easily to new situations, so I did too.

My parents decided that India was our home and there has never been any question about it.

I've never dreamt about Pakistan. I have no close relatives there so there's no pull for me.

We are much better and more safe here than we could be in Pakistan or anywhere else in the world.

Today I'm proud of India's new achievements, the new generation which is doing so well."