This page collates the endeavors of historians, filmmakers, artists, writers, journalists, and photographers that try and make sense of the causes and consequences of the Partition of British India in 1947. I welcome any suggestions you may have to add—please use the message portal below to reach me. My academic website is here.
Cover Photo by Margaret Bourke-White for LIFE Magazine, 1947
Remnants of Separation: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided (2025) by Aanchal Malhotra
In the Language of Remembering (2023) by Aanchal Malhotra
Freedom at Midnight (2020) by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Remnants of a Separation: A History of Partition through Material Memory (2017) by Aanchal Malhotra
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition (2016) by Nisjid Hajari
The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories (2010) by Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
The Untold Story of India Partition: The Shadow of the Great Game (2009) by Narendra Singh Sarila
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan (2008) by Yasmin Khan
The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India (2000) by Urvashi Bhutalia
The Discovery of India (1960) by Jawaharlal Nehru
Pakistan or the Partition of India (1945) by B. R. Ambedkar
The Shadow Lines (1988) by Amitav Ghosh
Ice Candy Man (1988) by Bapsi Sidhwa
Tamas (1988) by Bhisham Sahni
Fireflies in the Mist (1979) by Qurratulain Hyder
A Bend in the Ganges (1965) by Manohar Malgonkar
Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961) by Attia Hosain
The Heart Divided (1957) by Mumtaz Shahnawaz
Train to Pakistan (1956) by Khushwant Singh
Partition, In Pictures, Hindustan Times
India Partition 1947, Getty Images
Great Migration by Margaret Bourke-White, LIFE Magazine, reprinted in TIME Magazine
The Story Map (1947 Partition Archive)
British India (1909)
Manto (2018)
Khamosh Pani (2003)
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001)
Hey Ram (2000)
Jinnah (1998)
1947 Earth (1998)
Tamas (1988)
Gandhi (1982)
Garm Hava (1973)