It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.

On Shattered Lands, his book about the five partitions of the Indian Empire and the many forgotten stories attached to them ...

We think of the Raj as controlling only India and Pakistan, and its infamous breakup happening in August 1947. It’s a story ...

The scope of the work is enormous. The premise is that as recently as 1928, 12 modern nations - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, ...

Even at the time, however, few members of the British or Indian public were aware of this Arabian extension of the British Raj. Maps showing the full reach of the Indian Empire were only published ...

Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands is an imperious view of the British Raj's collapse, redeemed by its forgotten stories of independence fighters ...

Most explanations of the Naga revolt view Phizo’s movement through the lens of secessionism but it is perhaps more useful to ...

Noida was part of the Mughal empire for centuries. It’s where the British fought the Marathas. And it was Bhagat Singh’s ...

Attacking Iran is framed by colonial narratives that erase its rich intellectual history, justifying violence through a ‘conquest foretold’ ...

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.

From Tibet to Prussia, the world is a forever-living museum, marked with some countries that no longer exist due to various ...