Explore The Hindu archives on the Mountbatten Plan; how the June 3 Plan of 1947 for British withdrawal sealed the chaotic ...

Every evening since 1959, Indian and Pakistani troops have lowered their flags together at the Wagah border crossing When Britain granted India independence, 75 years ago, the territory it had ruled ...

On the eve of India’s 79th Independence Day, President Droupadi Murmu delivered a heartfelt and reflective address to the nation, blending pride in the country’s achievements with solemn remembrance ...

Aug. 15 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1914, a U.S. ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, officially opening the Panama Canal. In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post ...

A small girl is woken in the night. The family is to travel immediately from their idyllic home near Lahore, in what is current-day Pakistan, to India. Along the way she sees overturned bullock carts, ...

Promila Saigal remembers the men in her family tossing her "like a football" from the rooftop of one family home to the next, in a bid to save her from the frenzy that washed over the Indian ...

Editor’s note: At midnight on Aug. 14, 1947, India achieved independence from British colonial rule and Pakistan was created as a separate homeland for Muslims. More than 200 years of British rule had ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...