In 1947, differences between Hindus and Muslims led to the partition of India by the departing British colonialists into the countries of India and Pakistan. The division sparked mass migrations ...

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 ...

A century after its discovery, the Indus Valley Civilisation remains at the centre of debates over its origins, increasingly ...

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 ...

Then Wood takes us on to the First War, the Amritsar Massacre of 1919, the move to Independence and the fateful Partition of 1947, one of the most crucial events in the history of modern India.

has received an onslaught of criticism this week from people online who say the argument obscures the violence that ensued after India's partition. The article briefly mentions the violence that ...

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