The Partition Of 1947

After World War II, a tense series of events led the subcontinent’s brutal partition into India and Pakistan ... (more)

After World War II, a tense series of events led the subcontinent’s brutal partition into India and Pakistan—majority Hindu and Muslim nations, respectively. Find out how the British, battered by the war, ceded their empire and hastily created two nation-states whose borders and contested identities left a troubled legacy felt even today. (less)