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.

Air India Flight AI-171, carrying 242 passengers including former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, crashed near Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff; the London-bound flight had 169 Indians, 53 British, 7 ...

The exhibition traces how religious imagery took hold in South Asia and beyond through serpent spirits and wide-hipped goddesses ...

Gaja-Lakshmi (the goddess of good fortune), India, about 1780 Credit: Ancient India, British Museum, review Alastair Sooke Chief Art Critic 19 May 2025 12:01am GMT+01:00 ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised the new Free Trade Agreement with India as a significant achievement, criticizing the Conservative Party's intention to discard it. He noted benefits ...

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India deemed the device a “peaceful nuclear explosive”. 1980s: The rebellion in Kashmir By the early 1980s, Kashmir was back at the centre of India-Pakistan tensions.

Last year, trade between the UK and India totalled £42.6bn and was already forecast to grow, but the government said the deal would boost that trade by an additional £25.5bn a year by 2040.

The establishment of rail networks, a stabilised Colonial conquest of India enabled these travels. An Indian Street Scene, Alfred Edward Emslie, watercolour on paper pasted on cardboard.

Significantly, Goa is historically notable for resisting British conquest. During that period, Goa was under the control of the Portuguese. Because of which the Britishers were not able to conquer it.

An excerpt from ‘India’s First Radicals: Young Bengal and the British Empire’, by Rosinka Chaudhuri.