The Queen here fell in love with her own powerful minister, the Diwan. Soon, their love story was the talk of the town ...

Before 1947 there was no India. Instead, the British Empire controlled the land mass now mostly known as India, some of it ...

Just as the British Indian politicians had a mere 73 days — from the Mountbatten plan to actual independence — the rulers of these princely states also had a very short time in which to decide ...