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'Mohan and Muhammad': In final book, Meghnad Desai leaves lasting reflection on Gandhi, Jinnah, and divisions that endure

October 22, 2025 10:59 am

The posthumous launch of Desai’s final book became a space to revisit Partition and the shared origins of two towering leaders

BJP, Congress war of words over NCERT special module on ‘culprits’ of Partition

August 17, 2025 3:13 am

Both modules open with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2021 message announcing the observance of Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.

June 2, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Gen Sinha Resigns

June 01, 2023 10:40 pm

The Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen S K Sinha, who has been superseded, is believed to have sent in his resignation. Lt Gen Sinha has taken this step in protest against the government's decision to appoint Lt Gen A S Vaidya, GOC-in-C, as the next Chief of the Army Staff.

Do you know who used 'Pakistan' for the first time on this day in 1933? No, it wasn't Jinnah

January 29, 2023 12:19 pm

On January 28, 1933, a law student in Cambridge used the term 'Pakistan' for the first time, to describe the “Muslim homelands” of western and northern India. Here is the story of Choudhary Rehmat Ali.

Explained: Jinnah in political discourse—the father of Pakistan who continues to cause controversy in India

February 03, 2022 7:22 am

Jinnah has surfaced in Indian political discourse several times in the past, especially at the time of elections. To the votaries of Hindutva, Jinnah has always stood as the man who must be blamed for the partition of the country along communal lines 75 years ago.

Jinnah portrait row: Aligarh Muslim University students end protest

May 17, 2018 1:23 am

The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union (AMUSU) leaders sat on an indefinite hunger strike demanding a judicial enquiry into the violence on the campus over the portrait of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Muslims ought not worry about Jinnah's pictures, says Baba Ramdev

May 09, 2018 2:36 pm

Baba Ramdev said,"Those having a problem with 'Gayatri Mantra' can practice yoga by reciting the name of Allah. Also, no 'tantra-mantra' (sorcery) is involved in yoga."

AMU Jinnah portrait row highlights: No question of celebrating Jinnah in India, says Yogi Adityanath

May 03, 2018 9:25 pm

AMU Jinnah portrait row LIVE Updates: Over two dozen people were injured when AMU students clashed with police on Wednesday as the cops prevented a march against an attempt by RSS activists to storm into the campus.

AMU Jinnah portrait row: 'Protesters should also raise voice against Godse temples,' says Javed Akhtar

May 03, 2018 7:00 pm

The row sparked violence at the campus yesterday which resulted in at least six people being injured when the police lobbed teargas shells to disperse AMU students.

Once upon a division

March 23, 2015 12:51 am

Remembering the Pakistan Resolution, 75 years later.

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