Ever since partition in 1947, South Asia's two biggest players have been locked in sibling rivalry.
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Articles on India partition
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Letters home reveal what is was like to be an Indian soldier in World War II.
For some, the forced movement and brutalities of partition in 1947 led to new opportunities for women and migration to Britain.
There is something disconcerting about the Western move to denounce the human rights records of post-colonial states.
How one member of the Indian Civil Service coped with being a colonial usurper.
Intellectuals of the time saw the British Empire as the heir to the civilising influence of ancient Rome.
As the British Empire became an unaffordable burden, planning for India's independence quickly ran into trouble.
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Senior Lecturer in Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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PhD Researcher, Department of English, King's College London
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Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD researcher, 19th century British travel literature on India and Italy, University of Nottingham
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Doctoral Candidate, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
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Professor of History, Head of Department, Royal Holloway
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Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
