Independence
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This novel tells the story of an Englishman who took over an island near Bombay in August 1947
Godfrey Joseph Pereira
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What happens when three children want to take part in Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement?
Lubaina Bandukwala
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December 16, 1971: How the first unit of the Indian Army entered Dhaka as Bangladesh got freedom
Rachna Bisht Rawat
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Watch: On Abul Kalam Azad’s 133rd birth anniversary, remembering some of his sayings
Scroll Staff
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‘India is Not Lost’: Sahmat show on freedom movement is a reminder of country’s history of struggle
Priyali Prakash
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Manu S Pillai on how maharajah Sayaji Rao of Baroda (temporarily) defied the British government
Manu S Pillai
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Watch: N Sankariah, one of India’s last living freedom fighters, turns 100
Scroll Staff
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How the World Bank tried to muscle into a newly-liberated Bangladesh but failed
Rehman Sobhan
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‘Nineteen Seventy-One’: Humayun Ahmed’s short story of the liberation war of Bangladesh
Humayun Ahmed
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Britain must learn from Canada if it wants to avoid breaking up after Brexit
Catherine Frost, The Conversation
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Historical grievances in East Malaysia are giving rise to a secessionist movement
James Chin, The Conversation
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Gandhi Jayanti: Two documentaries on Mahatma Gandhi and India’s freedom movement
Scroll Staff
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Read at home: Life and love under a lockdown in and around an Andaman prison during the British raj
Uzma Aslam Khan
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This book tells the forgotten story of the princely state that acceded to Pakistan in 1947
Anabel Loyd
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How India’s British rulers prevented Muslims from joining the Congress to seek independence
Abhinav Chandrachud
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This biography of VP Menon examines an important but backgrounded figure of India’s freedom movement
Narayani Basu
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Retired SC judge says government is trampling on judicial independence through appointments
Scroll Staff
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Freedom fighters: The inspiring story of a Sindhi woman, Kala Shahani, and her husband Shanti
Saaz Aggarwal
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When India decided how to appoint judges, independence did not imply insulation from oversight
Arghya Sengupta
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Photos: London has been memorialising the homes of Indian reformers and freedom fighters for years
Alexander Williams