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Partition was a two-sided story in a very big way. Weve oversimplified it, blamed the British, thought of ourselves only as victims. Weve been both victims and perpetrators.

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Many of the larger Princely States tinkered with the idea of remaining independent in the run-up to Independence. The dramatis personae who thought of this third Dominion or Princestan idea were principally the Nawab of Bhopal, Chancellor of ...

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A look at the media as India awoke to life and freedom.

Lord Mountbatten’s division of India into two countries was a disaster in which a million died. Using newly colourised archive footage, this documentary explores those brutal events

An excerpt from ‘India after 1947: Reflections & Recollections,’ by Rajmohan Gandhi.

Guest Opinion: Lines of hatred and blood: the scars Britain left in S. Asia-

Languages play an increasingly important role in development, ensuring cultural diversity and intercultural discussion, as well as boosting

IN the 1940s, Shimla’s Bishop Cotton School had a fair mix of boys of British, Eurasian and Indian descent. At the time of Partition, there were 42 Muslim boys. This school, like similar ones, w