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PARTITION VIOLENCE AND MIGRATION
'What have I done?': The moment Jinnah confronted the horrors of PartitionJournalist Kuldip Nayar recounted Muhammad Ali Jinnah's despair over Partition's human tragedy. He witnessed streams of people fleeing acro...
Independence Day 2026 Theme, History, Significance: Why August 15 is celebrated one day after Pakistan’s I-Day and what this year’s theme meansIndependence Day 2026 Know history, theme, and significance: India will celebrate its 80th Independence Day celebration on August 15, 2026,...
79 years ago, a man who had never visited India & knew little about its complex landscape drew a line that divided India and PakistanRadcliffe Line 1947: In 1947, British lawyer Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired the boundary commissions that demarcated the Radcliffe Line, divid...
Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga is winning hearts and the box office. Here are 7 unforgettable Partition books you shouldn't missIf Imtiaz Ali's latest movie, Main Vaapas Aaunga, stayed with you long after the credits rolled, these unforgettable books on partition are...
Paschimbanga Divas revives debate over Bengal's birth, identity and historical memoryWest Bengal's June 20, marking its partition-era birth, has become a potent political symbol. The BJP government's official observance of P...
How India’s partition forged a diaspora empireFollowing the bloody Partition of India in 1947, Hindu Sindhi merchants, including the author's family, scattered globally. Despite facing ...
Tragic chapter of our history: PM Modi observes Partition Horrors Remembrance DayPrime Minister Narendra Modi commemorated Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, honoring those who suffered during India's partition and urgin...
Sharad Pawar raises concern over CBSE circular to schools on PartitionNationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar expressed concern over CBSE's recent circular, which asked schools to educate students about ...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar raises concern over CBSE circular to schools on Partition, terms it incorrect for studentsIt would be incorrect to pass on the thoughts of strife that erupted during Partition onto the younger generation with respect to national ...
PM Modi pays tributes to Indians who lost lives, suffered during partitionThis day is also a reminder of the tribulation and struggle of those who were forced to migrate, he said, paying tributes to them.
View: Track the Muslim-curve in India more closelyThe good news is that high economic growth nationally has lifted all boats, and economic conditions of both Muslims and Hindus are improvin...
Tale of Two Punjabs: Contrasting fate of Sikhs on either side of the Indo-Pak borderThe partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 led to Sikhs being uprooted and displaced, with most migrating to India while a minority remain...
Kuldip Nayar's ashes immersed in Ravi River in PakistanThe ashes of veteran Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar were immersed on Friday here in the River Ravi by his granddaughter.
UK government launches project to mark 70th anniversary of India's partitionAn exhibition in Leicester tracing the history of migration from the subcontinent to East Africa will explore the impact of partition from ...
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar 'castes' aside surname after Jat agitationAn emotional Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday told MLAs in the assembly that he doesn't want people to suffix 'Khattar' with his n...
Pakistan launches probe into Muttahida Qaumi Movement's alleged ties with RAWPakistan has launched formal probe into the reports and allegations that India's RAW gave money to Karachi-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement p...
Pakistan's Sindh has characteristics of an independent state: CRSIn its report, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) said Sindh historically has possessed many of the trappings of a modern nation-stat...
Pakistan court sentences Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain to 81 years in jailMuttahida Qaumi Movement's fugitive chief was sentenced to 81 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan for making anti-state ...
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Azam Khan hits out at BJP over Dadri killingPradesh Cabinet Minister Azam Khan today hit out at BJP for the lynching of a man in Dadri by a mob, allegedly over consumption of beef.
Colours of freedomOn Independence Day, Chaiji Jalota gives your columnist a superb composition in the raga Bhairav praising Krishna.She got it from her husba...