Furore over the suggestions made by the SRC Report regarding the ultimate fate of the State of Punjab culminated in the establishment of...

The formation of the unilingual State of Punjab was the result of a brutal and tragic partition of the erstwhile British Province of Punjab, a...

The formation of Nagaland was a violent and uncertain process, aligned as it was with questions of Naga identity, continuing British interests and...

The reintegration of French territories into the Indian Union, while a relatively straightforward operation as compared to the process of integrating...

The second part of the tale of Portuguese territories in India and how following a long and tangled game of international politics, they became part...

A two-part discussion of the Portuguese intransigence, as well as India’s reluctance to ‘merge’ the Portuguese territories by force, even though there...

Although the birth of the two newly formed states of Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960 was a joyous affair, the concerning matter of lives being lost...

In the ninth edition of this series, we discuss the reactions to the SRC Report, especially in the city of Bombay

In part eight of this series, we continue examining the recommendations made by the States Reorganisation Committee and how they influenced the 1958...

In part seven of this series on the mapping of the states of independent India, we bear witness to the various assertions of our founding fathers...

In Part VI, we analyse the impact of the States Reorganisation Committee Report on the map of India as it was unveiled in 1956

Our journey through the story of Indian maps continues with an exploration of the incendiary circumstances behind the formation of Andhra Pradesh and...