Professor Daniel Haines talks about the making of the Treaty, the concerns flagged by India and Pakistan, even before the ...

We think of the Raj as controlling only India and Pakistan, and its infamous breakup happening in August 1947. It’s a story ...

Why the Partition of India and Pakistan still casts a long shadow over the region. The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering ...

Sam Dalrymple's journey from particle physics to history led him to explore the multifaceted partitions of the Indian subcontinent. His book, 'Shatter ...

The Muslim League’s demand for the partition of India and the carving out of a separate Muslim country grew stronger and louder. When the now 26-year-old Davar met Tej Bahadur Sapru in Delhi, ...

Most explanations of the Naga revolt view Phizo’s movement through the lens of secessionism but it is perhaps more useful to ...

Beyond the statistics lie the truths — stark and human. Facts that speak of people forced to abandon everything they have ...

In 1947, Britain’s hasty withdrawal from India unleashed chaos, violence, and death. The partition of India split the subcontinent along religious lines, displacing 15 million people and killing ...

Wildlands by Brogen Murphy (Puffin) A quarter of a century from now, a large swath of Britain has been extensively rewilded, complete with predators such as wolves and lynx. Stranded in this hazardous ...

However, 78 years later, the generals responsible for the partition of India stand defeated. Pakistan has slithered away from the Western chokehold and is now firmly in the grip of China.

The India-Pakistan rivalry and the violence of partition itself are sometimes incorrectly attributed to religious hatred between Hindus and Muslims. As your book shows, however, the Sikh community in ...