New Delhi: The coloniser and the colonised shared a stage on a chilly evening at The Leela Palace in Delhi. And didn’t end in ...

India's census system has its roots in the early 1800s. The first official national census was taken in 1872, albeit not ...

One hundred and five years ago, in April 1919, Mani Ram, a middle-aged dental surgeon, frantically ran to one of his son's favorite play areas. His son, Madan Mohan, enjoyed playing at Jallianwalla ...

India-China border history, from the Manchu and British empires to modern negotiations, analyzed by Manoj Joshi.

The Accidental Catalyst Behind Robert Clive’s March Over India’, by Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Indrajeet Ghorpade.

In 1947, India and Pakistan were split by a man who had never seen the subcontinent before. Sir Cyril Radcliffe had just five weeks to draw borders that would change millions of lives forever. The ...

IN HIS DECADE in power Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has centralised the state to an unprecedented extent. Yet his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to attract many voters in the more ...

The day is observed every year on August 8, and in 2025, it will be celebrating its 83rd anniversary, falling on a Friday.