Indian Independence Day 2021: On 3 June 1947, Lord Mountbatten put forward his plan which outlined the steps for the solution of India’s political problem. Let us read about it in detail. By ...

The British aristocrat, daughter of Louis Mountbatten and Edwina Ashley, may appear to have always lived in the shadow of her ...

Clashing visions for an independent India. Though independence began to appear within India’s grasp, ... Lord Louis Mountbatten, to India in March 1947 to manage Britain’s retreat.

Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands is an imperious view of the British Raj's collapse, redeemed by its forgotten stories of ...

Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan ...

The publication of Siddharth Kak and Lily Bhan Kak's 'Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir's Last Pandit Prime Minister and His English Wife', published by Rupa.

The Bengal BJP on Friday celebrated the Paschim Banga Diwas much to the chagrin of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee whose Government had already declared and celebrated the Bangla Diwas on the Bengali ...

Sam Dalrymple’s ‘Shattered Lands’ presents, for the first time, the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade.

The Indian Independence Act which was passed by the British parliament was based upon the Mountbatten plan of June 3, 1947. The Act clearly mentioned the date of independence, August 15, 1947.

Cricket News: Temba Bavuma won the toss, electing to bowl first against Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord's, citing favorable overhead conditio ...

Last year, I wrote an op-ed in this very newspaper titled, “I refuse to celebrate India’s Independence Day. ... Mountbatten & Nehru gave false promises and let them down.

Sacred relics of Lord Buddha returned to India after a month-long pilgrimage in Vietnam, attracting 17.8 million devotees. The journey deepened cultural ties and showcased Vietnam's Buddhist ...