Partition of India was one of the biggest human tragedies of the twentieth century. Author Henry James in his book Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, "It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature." So true when we apply this to the partition of India. The Holocaust, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Partition of India were the biggest human tragedies of the twentieth century. All these events led to mass displacement, the breakdown of states, extreme violence, and a deep moral crisis. However, the way they have been represented in literature has varied...