The first budget of Independent India described the Partition (1947-48) as the "most poignant human tragedy" outside of war.

Most fundamentally, Congress abandoned its program for a unified, secular India and accepted and implemented the communal partition of the subcontinent. While the Muslim League pressed for the ...

For the third time since the Partition, a group of Hindus arrived in India from neighbouring Pakistan carrying nearly 400 ...

The 75th anniversary of the moment when India, Pakistan and what later became Bangladesh were created out of the former colony is being celebrated in South Asia this weekend. But the partition of ...

A counterfactual is thinking about something that might have happened but did not happen. As we celebrate yet another ...

To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Partition of India, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour dedicated the entire programme to hearing about the forgotten women of Partition. In August 1947 ...

By the river Icchamati, where history divides and unites, the remnants of the Taki Zamindari House stand as a testament to a ...

India was intended to be majority-Hindu and a new state – Pakistan – was created for Muslims. The division, known as partition, saw millions of Muslims moving to live in Pakistan and millions ...

The epic political thriller/drama will vividly bring to life pivotal moments from the year of India’s independence and its partition through the lens of influential historical personalities.

For the 3rd time since Partition, Pakistani Hindus arrive in India with 400 urns for immersion in the Ganga at Haridwar, ...

Partition of Bengal gave rise to a huge body of work — in text and audio-visual — both in West Bengal in India and in East Pakistan, later Bangladesh. Here is a list of recommended books, fiction and ...

ATTARI: For the third time since the Partition, a group of Hindus arrived in India from neighbouring Pakistan carrying nearly ...