Instead, he found a strange mirror of India – one that stretched far beyond the subcontinent’s borders. What he witnessed was ...

India’s government unveiled new punishments for mob lynchings and crimes against women on Friday in a proposal for the country’s biggest criminal justice overhaul since the British colonial era.

Radhika Singha focuses on the criminal justice system in colonial India. She describes how the British used law as a tool of despotism, imposing strict control over Indian society through legal means.

The provision dealing with sedition — actions aimed at encourage people to be or act against a government— was imposed by the British in 1860 to repress India’s freedom fighters.

Before the British established their foothold in India, the subcontinent was an economic powerhouse. Historical records and studies, including those by economist Angus Maddison, show that in the ...

One hundred and five years ago, in April 1919, Mani Ram, a middle-aged dental surgeon, frantically ran to one of his son's favorite play areas. His son, Madan Mohan, enjoyed playing at ...

Today marks 75 years since India emerged from British rule. That freedom began with bloodshed, the partition of Colonial India into two new nations and mass migration across their shared border.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India will unfurl a new naval flag that retires a British colonial symbol to mark the formal debut of the country's first locally built aircraft carrier, Prime Minister Narendra ...

With 15 August, India’s first Independence Day barely three weeks away, a flag to replace the Union Jack was an urgent matter. Deciding on the National Emblem would take a few more months.

Indian visitors in Amritsar in 2011 look at a painting depicting the Jallianwala Bagh massacre Credit - Narinder Nanu—AFP via Getty Images One hundred and five years ago, in April 1919, Mani Ram ...