The Partition of India in August 1947 is one of the most important historical chapter in modern world history. It resulted in ...

Discover who was the person who drew the map of the divided India for Partition. Find out how was this line drawn, how long it took along with result of this partition. The partition of India took ...

As India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years of independence this week, the legacy of the August 1947 Partition of British-ruled India that resulted in the birth of these two nations is something both are ...

Nobody knew what the liberation of India from British rule that took place in the summer of 1947 would bring, but few would have expected its legacy to be a violent separation that would displace 14 ...

The 1947 Partition of British India is memorialized as one of the bloodiest and largest migrations in human history. It is estimated that close to 15 million people were uprooted and that between ...

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 ...

The division set off communal violence and displaced millions, changing the face and geopolitics of South Asia. A Muslim refugee train in northern India on its way from Delhi to Lahore, in 1947.Credit ...