Mr Kohli, who is now 83, was a 13-year-old Sikh living in Ferozepur in the Eastern Punjab, when he heard on the radio that India would be divided. He says the idea of partition "sounded crazy".

India was intended to be majority-Hindu and a new state – Pakistan – was created for Muslims. The division, known as partition, saw millions of Muslims moving to live in Pakistan and millions ...

Local workers unload a Douglas Dakota transport airplane at the US forces airbase in Karachi in 1943 In his 1974 novel Tamas (Darkness), a vivid portrayal of the bloody partition of India ...

The 75th anniversary of the moment when India, Pakistan and what later became Bangladesh were created out of the former colony is being celebrated in South Asia this weekend. But the partition of ...

In 1947, British India was divided into two separate states, India and Pakistan. More than ten million people became refugees, and hundreds of thousands lost their lives. 70 years after partition ...

To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Partition of India, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour dedicated the entire programme to hearing about the forgotten women of Partition. In August 1947 ...

T he partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 changed the sub-continent permanently, and eventually led to the birth of three ...

The Partition Museum is the first of its kind, dedicated to the memory of the Partition of India in 1947 — its victims, its survivors and its lasting legacy. The Government of Punjab, India, has ...