Some historians argue that partition would have been unnecessary had Britain granted self-rule earlier to India, where Hindus and Muslims had lived side by side for centuries. But the idea of a ...

The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.

In 1947, India became independent from Britain and split into two countries - India and Pakistan. East Pakistan has since become Bangladesh.

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 ...

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

Channel 4 Head of Specialist Factual Shaminder Nahal commissioned India 1947: Partition in Colour and said it will “bring to life one of the most tumultuous events of the 20th century for a new ...

As the Partition plan is announced in the summer of 1947, millions of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs flee across the new border between India and Pakistan. Mass violence ensues.

This month marks 75 years since the partition of India – sending Muslims to the newly formed nation of Pakistan, and Hindus and Sikhs to newly independent India. Here, two people who were ...

Dr Nixon describes partition as a "catastrophic rupture in the history of India and Pakistan". ( ABC RN: Claudia Taranto ) More than 12 million people left their homes over a matter of months ...

Partition of India. Author Nisid Hajari talked about the history behind the partition of India in 1947, that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan ...