Noida: After Partition in 1947, he was only six years old when his family made the journey from Peshawar to India. They rode a train carrying bodies through the newly established border between India and Pakistan, which took nearly three days.
Peshawari Lal Bhatia, a colonel who retired from the Indian army and now resides in Noida, reflects on his time as a refugee during the Partition, seven decades prior.
On the eve of India's 77th Independence Day, Bhatia was honoured at a ceremony called "Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas" by Noida MLA Pankaj Singh and Uttar Pradesh PWD minister Brijesh Singh.—Inputs from Agencies