The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.

India and Pakistan have been in conflict since 1947 Partition. A look at its troubled legacy In this Sept, 27, 1947 file photo, Muslim refugees crowd onto a train bound for Pakistan, as it leaves ...

Muslims left India for Pakistan, mostly heading west, while Hindus and Sikhs made the opposite journey. As many as 20 million people fled. Both sides left devastation in their wake.

TEETWAL, Indian-administered Kashmir — Seventy-five years after the blood-soaked partition of British India, the scars can still be found in this unique Himalayan community which straddles the ...

As the Partition plan is announced in the summer of 1947, millions of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs flee across the new border between India and Pakistan. Mass violence ensues.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Surupa Gupta, University of Mary Washington (THE CONVERSATION) India and Pakistan ...

In one of the most important examples, Saddique Khan, a resident of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, and Sikka Khan alias Habib, a resident of Bathinda, Panjab, India, re-united at Kartarpur in ...

1949 — A UN-brokered ceasefire line leaves Kashmir divided between India and Pakistan, with the promise of a U.N.-sponsored vote that would enable the region's people to decide whether to be ...

Two sworn enemies, both nuclear-armed. A disputed region. A deadly attack on tourists. And now, retaliation. India launched military strikes against Pakistan on May 7 as tensions between the two ...

India and Pakistan have been in conflict since 1947 Partition. A look at its troubled legacy India and Pakistan’s latest military conflict has expanded, days after India carried out airstrikes ...

India and Pakistan have been in conflict since 1947 Partition. A look at its troubled legacy - India and Pakistan’s latest military conflict has expanded, days after India carried out airstrikes ...