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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The partition of India was one of the most tumultuous historical events of the 20th century. In 1947, British India was divided into two separate states, India and Pakistan.
A counterfactual is thinking about something that might have happened but did not happen. As we celebrate yet another Republic Day, there is occasion to think of a different kind ...
The horrors of India's Partition in 1946 were deeply traumatic. Nearly 1.8 crore people were forced to migrate, 1.2 crore became refugees, and approximately 10 lakh lives were lost. Such ...