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Empire and Partition
The Remembering Partition Collection is dedicated to exploring the concepts of remembrance, commemoration, and education in relation to understanding and navigating the Empire's enduring impact on the South Asian community in Britain.
Ayub Ali was born 1st January in 1880, (precise date of birth unknown) in Sylhet, Bangladesh, then a part of...
Sir Henry Havelock was a British general renowned for his involvement in India, particularly his successful recapture of Cawnpore from...
The bronze Mountbatten statue stands on Mountbatten Green, off Horse Guards Road in Whitehall, London. Depicted in his Admiral uniform...
Caxton Hall is a location in which many momentous events occurred, including the assassination of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the campaign...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born 2nd of October 1869, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born in Porbandar, Kanthiawar, India....
The British Library is home to the India Office Records collection, an extensive collection of archives relating to the administration...
The history of Bangladesh's independence can be traced to the 1947 Partition of British India, and to the history of...
Millions of souls Nineteen seventy onehomeless on Jessore Road under the Gray sunA million dead, the millions who canWalk toward...
The India Round Table Conferences were a series of 3 talks between 1930-1932. The purpose of these talks was to...
Allama Iqbal is widely considered one of the ideological founding figures of Pakistan and also holds the status of national...
The National Liberal Club (NLC) was established by William Gladstone in 1882, to provide club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners. ...
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), also revered as Quaid-i-Azam (Great Leader), was a barrister and politician who played a pivotal role...
Originally constructed in 1868 as a set of government offices, including the India Office and later the Colonial and Home...
The Empire and Partition heritage trail is based on a collection of essays written by academics and historians to tell...
The Empire and Partition Collection and Trail were created for Everyday Muslim's Remembering Partition project to raise awareness of the...
Chanan was born in 1926 in a village near Hoshiarpur. His family owned and farmed the land. He was the...
1 July 1973
Voices of Partition online resource at The British Library
The British Library is home to the India Office Records collection, an extensive collection of archives relating to the administration of the East India Company (1600–1858) and its successor, the India Office (1858–1947). The collection includes hundreds of official publications and records, manuscripts, photographs, maps and private papers. The India Office Records tell the story of trade with the east, politics, the development of the British Empire and the road to Indian independence. The British Library’s Sound Archive also holds several collections of oral history interviews that touch on the events surrounding the independence of India and the creation of Pakistan. The Voices of Partition resource brings together some of the British Library’s rich collections of sound recordings, archival records, and expert articles to provide a comprehensive perspective on the Partition of India, focusing on the high politics and experiences of ordinary people. To learn more about the India Office Records, you can explore this collection guide.
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