Refugees wait for water at a camp in Delhi. The partition of India put millions on the move. Columbia University/Wikimedia Commons In 1947, after years of anti-colonial resistance, Britain finally ...

NEW YORK, March 25, 2010 - "The partition of India in 1947 was the most traumatic event of the 20th century," said Jaswant Singh, an Indian politician and parliament member. "It continues to live in ...

In 1947, more than 400 million people in British India stood on the brink of freedom – but sectarian mistrust, rival national ...

Through quiet but searing installations, artist Pritika Chowdhry reckons with violence that ripples through generations: mass displacement, rape and riots tracing back to the snaking borders that ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In August 1947, Great Britain relinquished its grip on 1.8 million square miles of ...

Reporting from Amritsar, India — Amolak Swani’s knobby fingers gripped a cane as she shuffled into the room, her daughter holding her at the elbow. She settled into a chair with a sigh and began ...

L to R: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Lord Mountbatten and Pandit Nehru discuss partition of India 1946 Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is to give the Get ...

India, Dec. 14 -- In August 1947, India was partitioned into India and Pakistan. What was intended to be a political solution ...

The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 is, in a big way, the source of many of the troubles that the region witnesses today. Much literature has been produced narrating the man-made tragedy ...