The case for separate Telangana got consolidated with the resurfacing of subsumed regional identities, which political parties found tough to go...

Apart from linguistic grounds, the failure of Gentlemen’s Agreement fuelled discontent among Telangana political elites, conceding to whose demands,...

While India’s claims over Gilgit-Baltistan and Aksai Chin stem from Dogra conquest of 1840, the Chinese incursion came as late as during the 1950s and...

Attempts of reconciliation over Kashmir issue inched closer with Dixon and Shimla agreements but the end remained an unfulfilled hope due to mutual...

After the abrupt stalling of 1947-48 Kashmir war, a confident Nehru took the issue to the UN which eventually ruled for immediate ceasefire, causing...

Even as a merger with Pakistan was ruled out, and Hari Singh expressed willingness to accede to India, there was a considerable delay which cost India...

While Jinnah’s bid for Muslim support was contested by Abdullah’s secular image, he also found little success in tempting Maharaja on his side who was...

The legitimacy of the exploitative Dogra dynasty — set up with the ‘purchase’ of the ‘kingdom’— was finally questioned by Sheikh Abdullah who would...

The diverse discourse around Jammu and Kashmir is historically deep-rooted and had many parallels along the nature and conduct of contemporary...

As Hyderabad ceased to exist as a state and its Telugu-speaking region was merged with Andhra against SRC’s recommendation, grounds for separate...

Nehru’s backtracking from forming Andhra on linguistic grounds, discussed in the first part, had its own reasons but a series of hunger strikes...

Congress’ departure from its historical stand of organising Madras on linguistic grounds fuelled discontent among Telugu-speaking people