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Topic: Partition

When Partition pressure caused a rift between Sardar Patel & Railway minister John Mathhai

In 'Honest John', Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy introduces John Matthai, independent India’s first railways and transport minister, to a new generation.

Jogendranath Mandal could’ve been Bengal’s Ambedkar. Backing Jinnah made him history’s footnote

One lapse in judgement cost Mandal not just his political career, but his place in history.

Allama Iqbal is the poet everyone quotes and no one understands. He’s beyond ownership

Iqbal, who wrote ‘Saare Jahan Se Achha’ in 1904, was advocating for a Muslim-majority state by 1930s. This ideological pivot branded him the intellectual architect of Partition.

Urdu daily ‘Pratap’ was shut in just 12 days of launch. It taught us real journalism

At the launch of Chander Mohan & Jyotsna Mohan’s book, ‘Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper’, a panel traced the Urdu daily’s journey back to 1919, when it raised voice against British rule.

‘Congress high command demanded Partition, not Jinnah,’ says Cambridge historian

"If you did not have Partition, you would have to give the Muslim-majority provinces a degree of provincial autonomy," said Anil Seal.

Saif Ali Khan to Gen Musharraf to Liaquat Ali Khan. A tale of ‘enemies’ and property

The sentiment behind 'enemy property' has changed over the years, most significantly in 2017, when an amendment completely prevented Indians from laying claim to ancestral properties.

Rababi Muslims sang keertans in Golden Temple. Pakistanis called them kafirs after Partition

Mardana’s Children: The Rababis of Lahore, a short film by Kirit James Singh and Jasdeep Singh was screened at IHC. The Muslim singers have deep ties to Sikhism.

Stronghold of RSS, unwinnable for BJP since 1998—the curious political puzzle that is Delhi

As Delhi heads to polls on 5 February, the RSS remains a strong cultural force, but its political wing BJP has struggled to gain electoral dominance. ThePrint explores this paradox.

Roses, dava khana—artist Seema Kohli rebuilds her ‘Pind’ in Pakistan through new exhibition

The exhibition, Khula Aasman, is a visceral journey through the fault lines of memory and migration, tied to the cataclysmic rupture of Partition.

India’s challenge has been to rebuild a neighbourhood in aftermath of partition, says Jaishankar

Delivering 19th Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture in Mumbai, EAM Jaishankar also says Pakistan remains exception in neighbourhood in view of its support for cross-border terrorism.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.