Editor’s note: At midnight on Aug. 14, 1947, India achieved independence from British colonial rule and Pakistan was created as a separate homeland for Muslims. More than 200 years of British rule had ...

From building a democratic structure and completing national integration, to framing a sovereign Constitution, reshaping ...

As India gets ready for its 75th Independence Day, celebrations are due but not without remembering the people who were displaced in the process and now call this city their home. Two members of the ...

It all began on April 16, 1853, when India’s very first train chugged out from Bombay to Thane, marking the start of a love ...

H. St. John Bridger Philby's 1947 essay offers a unique perspective on India's independence and Partition, reflecting on the inevitability of division and the wisdom of the Mountbatten Plan ...

What if these princely states had chosen independence or refused to join? This “what if” presents one of the most fascinating ...

Aug. 15 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1914, a U.S. ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, officially opening the Panama Canal. In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post ...

More than seven decades ago, colonial India was partitioned into two new nations — Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India. There was a massive migration between the two — and bloodshed.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the rampart of the 17th century Mughal-era Red Fort monument during the country's Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, ...

New Delhi — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial ...