A scholar of India explores how two 19th-century memoirs portray a land where different religious identities coexist.
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A hundred years ago, peaceful Indian protesters were massacred under British colonial rule. A scholar argues why a formal apology is overdue.
India recently revoked a special provision that ended the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Here’s the history of the constitutional provision, Article 370.
The partition of India led to more than a million deaths. A scholar argues how British royal, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who hurriedly drew the new borders in secret, was largely responsible.
At midnight on August 15, 1947, India achieved freedom from more than two centuries of colonial rule. Hours earlier, Pakistan was declared a new nation. Was partition inevitable?
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Professor of Politics, International Relations and Critical Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Westminster
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell
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Executive Director, Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University