As booming voices reverberated around a packed House of Commons chamber, Britain stood on the verge of history in May 1946.

The former cabinet minister says he does not want to "cause further embarrassment" by his links to the late convicted paedophile.

As British rule in Asia ended, the emergence of new borders and ethnic enclaves dispossessed millions.

It was broadcast from South Africa, where Lilibet and her parents had set out on a tour of the country to signal to the Empire and the world that the war was over and sunnier days lay ahead.

The backbone of postwar Britain's vast housebuilding drive, small builders now face extinction as regulatory barriers and ...

I saw Margaret Thatcher in the flesh for the first and last time on 31 January, 2008. It was at a grand Guild Hall dinner celebrating “Great Britons”. Artists, pop stars, Olympians, CEOs, politicians, ...

Netaji taught us that its price must be paid in blood willingly and smilingly, since independence is such a sacred thing to ...

Har Dayal and Subhas Chandra Bose did not merely fight for freedom. They showed us who we truly are - fearless, united, ...

A single gunshot echoed across the Vincennes fortress moat at dawn in 1804, felling the Duke of Enghien, a Bourbon prince.

India's Prime Minister's Office has evolved dramatically since Independence. From a small Prime Minister's Secretariat inspired by Britain's 10 Downing Street under Jawaharlal Nehru, the PMO expanded ...

Wherever a public address system exists, temptation follows. The longer a politician speaks, the higher the probability of error. Over-promising becomes irresistible and under-delivering almost ...

This week, she wrote a column defenestrating the reputation of Margaret Thatcher, who I wrote a biography of last year. I’ve always known Yasmin loathed Thatcher, but I was a little disappointed when ...