Mapping the states of India - Page 7

The second of the two-part part article tells the story of the final days of the Choygal Dynasty and questions whether things could have gone...

The first of the two-part article recounts the spectacular fall from grace of the last ‘Choygal’ King and how this process sparked the eventual...

A land with a heritage as varied as it is ancient, Arunachal Pradesh followed a largely atypical path — with little to no regional aspiration — to...

Unfulfilled political aspirations following the declaration of Mizoram as a Union territory erupted in armed conflict that ultimately led to its...

Initially envisaged as an autonomous district, Meghalaya’s achieved statehood after a series of long, contentious and ultimately unsuccessful...

Demographic transitions in Tripura post-Independence saw the ethnic tribes become a minority in their own State, setting off ethnic tensions that have...

Decades of ethnic conflict and tensions in the states of Manipur and Tripura post-Independence finally culminated in the involved groups finally...

The story behind the formation of Himachal Pradesh is often obscured by half-truths that belie the long-held aspirations and struggles of the people...

Furore over the suggestions made by the SRC Report regarding the ultimate fate of the State of Punjab culminated in the establishment of...

The formation of the unilingual State of Punjab was the result of a brutal and tragic partition of the erstwhile British Province of Punjab, a...

The formation of Nagaland was a violent and uncertain process, aligned as it was with questions of Naga identity, continuing British interests and...

The reintegration of French territories into the Indian Union, while a relatively straightforward operation as compared to the process of integrating...