Lord Mountbatten

How Sardar Patel Averted an Attempted Siege of Delhi

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The other side of freedom

The Lost Dominion

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The forgotten United Bengal proposal and its lingering aftertaste

Mountbatten’s Hidden Agenda

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When Kashmir was a pawn in Britain’s quest to join the nuclear club

The Mahatma and Kashmir

MJ Akbar

On the eve of the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, let us remember Gandhi’s Churchillian moment in the face of Pakistani aggression

The Subcontinent at Ease

Siddharth Singh

A history of a brief window of cooperation casts an interesting light on India’s relations with Pakistan

Stripping Mountbatten’s Halo

Kaveree Bamzai

Enough thorns in The Crown to nail India’s last Viceroy

One India, One Man

Rajshree Chandra

Rediscovering Patel as unifier and assimilator

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

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Gurinder Chadha: ‘The future will be bilingual and bicultural’

Nikhil Taneja

Gurinder Chadha brings a British Punjabi perspective to history

Was Partition Inevitable?

Roderick Matthews

It was about human frailty: stubbornness, inexperience and ambition

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Lord Mountbatten

How Sardar Patel Averted an Attempted Siege of Delhi

The Lost Dominion

Mountbatten’s Hidden Agenda

The Mahatma and Kashmir

The Subcontinent at Ease

Stripping Mountbatten’s Halo

One India, One Man

Open Diary

Gurinder Chadha: ‘The future will be bilingual and bicultural’

Was Partition Inevitable?

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