As India decided to hold celebrations at midnight on August 14, it would have been impossible for Lord Mountbatten to attend two events to hand over power on the same day.

India is celebrating the country's 78th Independence Day on Wednesday, with a festive mood across the nation. But did you know that August 15 was not supposed to be the day that India became ...

No doubt Kashmir remains a painful dispute, a source of tension and mistrust, and a memory of those difficult days when great men like Nehru, Patel, Jinnah, and Mountbatten fought over territory ...