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Category: Remembrance

Illustration: the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial in Amritsar.

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: The Day That Shook British Rule in India

On 13 April 1919, a gathering in Amritsar ended in a massacre that shocked the nation and changed the course of India’s freedom struggle.

Illustration: farmers in a field of cracked, drought-dried earth in southern India, 1876.

Remembrance

The Madras Famine of 1876–1878: When Drought Became a Human Catastrophe

Millions faced hunger across southern India. The story of the Great Famine is not only about failed rains—but also about the policies that shaped who could survive.

Illustration: refugees with their belongings crowding a railway platform at Lahore station, 1947.

Remembrance

Partition Horrors: The Human Cost of India’s Division

The Partition of British India in 1947 uprooted millions. Behind the borders and statistics were families, memories and lives changed forever.

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